OBJECTIVE Tea has been suggested to decrease blood glucose levels and protect pancreatic β cells in diabetic mice. However, human epidemiological studies showed inconsistent results for the association between tea consumption and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) risk. The aim of this study was to conduct a meta-analysis to further explore the association between tea consumption and incidence of ...

OBJECTIVE To explore the associations of green tea and rock tea consumption with risk of impaired fasting glucose (IFG) and impaired glucose tolerance (IGT). METHODS A multistage, stratified, cluster, random-sampling method was used to select a representative sample from Fujian Province in China. In total, 4808 subjects without cardiovascular disease, hypertension, cancer, or pancreatic, live...

background : tea consumption has been known mostly as a well-drink after water in the world. tea drink can affect balance of fluids and renal function. in addition, it can cause loss of many viruses in the stomach and can increase or decrease gastrointestinal movements. this research was done to determine the effect of tea on increasing enteral feeding tolerance in icu patients in alzahra hospi...

BACKGROUND Previous reports, mostly from retrospective studies, suggested possible protective effects of both tea and coffee against endometrial cancer, but recent reports from prospective studies generally showed weaker or null associations. OBJECTIVES We investigated endometrial cancer risk in relation to tea and coffee consumption in a large prospective study and did a meta-analysis of pub...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Coffee and tea consumption could potentially reduce the risk of stroke because these beverages have antioxidant properties, and coffee may improve insulin sensitivity. We examined the associations of coffee and tea consumption with risk of stroke subtypes. METHODS We used prospective data from the Alpha-Tocopherol, Beta-Carotene Cancer Prevention Study, a cohort study o...

Prospective studies on the association of green tea with risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) incidence were scarce. This study examined whether green tea can reduce CHD incidence and have a beneficial effect on CHD-related risk markers in middle-aged and older Chinese population. We included 19,471 participants who were free of CHD, stroke or cancer at baseline from September 2008 to June 2010...

OBJECTIVE This study examines the relationship between tea consumption and colon cancer risk in the US population. DESIGN Data from the NHANES I Epidemiologic Follow-up study (NHEFS) were used to examine the hypothesis. Cox proportional hazard models were used to examine the hypothesis of a protective effect of frequent tea consumption on colon cancer occurrence. SETTING Due to differences ...

Oolong tea is a traditional Chinese tea that has long been believed to be beneficial to health such as decreasing body fat. We were interested in this assertion and tried to evaluate the effect of oolong tea on energy expenditure (EE) in comparison with green tea. The subjects were eleven healthy Japanese females (age 20+/-1 y; body mass index (BMI) 21.2+/-2.5 kg/m2) who each consumed of three ...

BACKGROUND There is still conflicting evidence that green tea may protect against coronary atherosclerosis therefore the present study investigated the association between green tea consumption and arteriographically determined coronary atherosclerosis in a Chinese population. METHODS AND RESULTS The study population consisted of 520 consecutive patients (379 men and 141 women) who underwent ...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the association between consumption of green tea and various serum markers in a Japanese population, with special reference to preventive effects of green tea against cardiovascular disease and disorders of the liver. DESIGN Cross sectional study. SETTING Yoshimi, Japan. SUBJECTS 1371 men aged over 40 years resident in Yoshimi and surveyed on their living habits i...