| ing about buying green tea tablets? There are | | | | compound found in black pepper) for preventing |
| better things to spend your money on. | | | | and treating cancer. It has been shown to |
| Supplementing your nutritional intake is definitely a | | | | prevent obesity in mice. It has been shown to |
| wise choice and multi-nutritional supplements are | | | | lower cholesterol levels in human beings. |
| an excellent investment, but the value of | | | | So, all of the benefits of green tea tablets are |
| single-ingredient supplements is questionable at | | | | also provided by curcumin. But, curcumin does |
| best. | | | | two things that catechins and gallic acid cannot do. |
| There are at least 70 different ingredients that | | | | There are many serious diseases in the world |
| are invaluable when it comes to preventing | | | | that defy treatment. One of the saddest and |
| chronic and life-threatening illnesses. It would be | | | | most life-threatening is Alzheimer’s. |
| impossible for me to choose a single one. If I | | | | Today, the average patient lives only ten years |
| could only take one supplement every day, it | | | | after diagnosis. It is a degenerative brain disease. |
| would probably be omega-3 fish oils, because I | | | | The cells of the brain are killed by amyloid-beta |
| don’t care for fish and I have seen in my | | | | plaques. Curcumin has been shown in laboratory |
| own life the value of supplementation. But, luckily, | | | | and animal studies to inhibit amyloid-beta |
| I don’t have to choose just one. | | | | production. It is currently being studies as a |
| If the studies are correct, green tea tablets (due | | | | treatment for Alzheimer’s. There is limited |
| to the catechins and gallic acid it contains) may | | | | evidence that green tea tablets may be beneficial |
| reduce your risk of heart disease, arthritis, type II | | | | in Alzheimer’s, but they are not |
| diabetes and cancer. It may help prevent obesity | | | | anti-amyloids. |
| and balance cholesterol levels. For all of these, | | | | The other beneficial role played by turmeric has |
| there are many other beneficial nutrients, including | | | | to do with heavy metal accumulation. Throughout |
| fish oil. Let’s look at turmeric for example. | | | | our lives, we are exposed to tiny amounts of |
| The active compound in turmeric is called | | | | heavy metals. They build up in the liver, brain and |
| curcumin. Research indicates that it helps prevent | | | | other bodily organs causing chronic health |
| heart failure, too, but it can also repair damage | | | | problems, such as high blood pressure and liver |
| that has already been done. It can “turn | | | | failure. The most common of the heavy metals |
| off” bio-chemicals that cause the heart to | | | | are lead and mercury. Lead is present in soil, |
| become scarred and enlarged. | | | | water and air. Mercury is present in most of the |
| Curcumin has anti-inflammatory activity similar to | | | | fish that we eat. |
| that of green tea tablets. So, it is beneficial for | | | | The compounds found in turmeric have chelating |
| preventing and relieving arthritis. Research | | | | activity. They break down heavy metals, which |
| indicates that curcumin pay prevent type II | | | | are then removed from the body, without having |
| diabetes, by protecting pancreatic cells from | | | | any further effect on it. |
| bio-chemicals that would destroy their function. It | | | | I believe that choosing to take an excellent |
| has also been shown to prevent abnormalities in | | | | multi-nutritional supplement was the best choice I |
| the kidneys that are associated with diabetes. | | | | ever made. I feel better and look younger, too. |
| Nearly 1000 studies have been published | | | | Why waste your money on green tea tablets, |
| concerning the value of curcumin and piperine (a | | | | when you could do so much more? |