Green Tea's Sterilization Effect against E. coli O-157

Green Tea killed 10, 0000 of E. coli O-157 in 5 hours.

  Professor T. Shimamura of Showa University Medical School gave a lecture on "Sterilization Effect of Green Tea against E. coli O-157" at the Seminar on "Sterilization Effect of Green Tea" held on August 22, 1996 in Kakegawa City, Shizuoka,Japan.
  Catechins, bitter component of green tea, effectively kills almost every bacteria which causes food poisoning. Moreover, it kills the toxins produced by those bacteria. One of the characteristics of the E. coli O-157 is to produce a potent toxin called veratoxin. The study on Catechins' antidotal effect against veratoxin is already in progress and expectation for the result is optimistic. The mechanism how it kills the bacteria is that Catechins destroys the outer cell of the bacteria when people drink the green tea during or after meals.
  For this test, green tea was soaked in the saline water to make 2.5% and 5% dilution of normal tea.
  As brewed normally with hot water, more Catechins is extracted, and the antibotal effect is expected to be improved.

[Article from Shizuoka Newspaper of August 23,1996]


10 Cups of Green Tea Everyday Reduce Risk of Cancer 40%

  A study by Mr. K. Imai and other researcherof the Saitama Prefectural Cancer Research Center shows that people who drink green tea has 4 times lower chance to develop cancer than those who do not.
  Suppose the risk of cancer for those who drink less than three cups of green tea per day is 1, risk for those who drink more than ten cups of green tea per day is 0.61, which is 40% lower. Cancer risk were reduced by 64% for the lung, 50% for the large intestine and 20% for the stomach.

[Article from Sankei Newspaper of December 3, 1996]


Green Tea Components and its Healthy Effects

Components
Healthy Effects
Catechins
(Bitter Ingredients
of Green Tea) 		Reduces risk of cancer
Restrains tumors
Reduces risk of mutations
Lowers blood cholesterol
Prevents high blood pressure
Prevents high blood sugar
Kills bacteria
Fights with flue virus
Prevents cavities
Prevents bad breath
Caffeine Keeps you awake
(Relieves fatigue or sleepiness)
Works as diuretic
Vitamin C Reduces stress
Prevents cold and flu
Vitamin B Complex Promotes metabolism
Gamma-Amino Butyric
Acid (GABA)		 Lowers high blood pressure
Flavonoids Strengthens the blood vessel wall
Prevents bad breath
Polysaccharides Prevent high blood sugar
Fluoride Prevents cavities
Vitamin E Works as antioxidant
Helps to maintain youthfulness
Theanine
(A Kind of Amino
Acid) 		Emphasizes flavor

[1996 Green Tea Industry Handbook]

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