Green tea: clean-energy conservatism as a countermovement

Selling Australia as ‘ Clean and Green ’

‘Green and clean’ has been used as a key marketing tool to promote Australian products overseas. The rationale is that consumers are generally concerned about personal health and the environment and will choose, and pay price premiums, for products that are, or perceived to be, clean (good for them) and green (good for the environment) over alternative products. But is Australia seen as clean a...

Green tea: a tea or a remedy?

A minireview of effects of green tea on energy expenditure.

In recent years, individuals have begun to tend more frequently to some natural and herbal products to be used alone or as a combination with diet and exercise for ensuring the weight loss. Green tea is the leading one of these products. In some studies, it is reported that the green tea causes an increase in thermogenesis and substrate with fat oxidation by affecting on the sympathetic nervous...

Green Tea: a Hepatoprotective Herb

Camellia sinensis is commonly known as Green Tea which is most consummated beverage in the world. The diversify properties of the C. sinensis encourage us to new research in few recent years. There are lots of finding in the process of the tea and there are so many positive aspects also found in it. Present review is an attempt to summarize the various pharmacological effects like anti hepatopr...

Green tea polyphenol sensing

Green tea polyphenols have emerged over the past two decades as an important dietary factor for health promotion. There is considerable evidence that tea polyphenols, in particular (-)-epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) inhibit carcinogenesis. However, the mechanisms for the cancer-preventive activity of EGCG are not completely characterized and many features remain to be elucidated. Recently we...