Green Tea Compound for Radioprotection

 

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'Green tea polyphenol antioxidant protects against bystander effects of low dose ionizing radiation that damage cells and cause numerous diseases including cancer.

The recent discovery of bystander effects from low levels of ionizing radiation has thrown risk assessment and radioprotection into disarray [1] (Bystander Effects Multiply Dose and Harm from Ionizing Radiation, SiS 55). However, it has also led to the discovery of potential mitigating measures against exposure to radioactivity, especially from nuclear accidents like Chernobyl (and Fukushima), the devastation health impacts of which are still surfacing 25 years later [2] (Chernobyl Deaths Top a Million Based on Real Evidence. SiS 55).'

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Green tea found to reduce disability in the elderly

'Green tea could help pensioners stay in the pink, according to a study. Those who drank the beverage stayed more physically active than their peers, researchers found. Coffee and standard tea did not provide this benefit. 

Researchers tracked the health of almost 14,000 men and women aged 65-plus for three years, noting what they ate and drank and factoring in data on any care they needed. The more green tea they consumed, the more mobile and self-sufficient they were.' 

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