Milk Will Reduce The Benefit Of Tea ?

February 4th, 2010 | by jingga | 40 views

Consuming milk good for health, but many of the benefits of tea will be lost if mixed with milk.  A study in German showed that black tea soothing effect on arterial relaxation would loose if tea was contaminated by milk.

Tea is the most consumed beverage in the world, after water of course. Especially after reported that tea consumption will help reducing the chances of heart disease and cancer, the tea consumed in a broader range.

Stangl and his research team found that women who consumed half a liter of black tea has more flexible arteries than those who did not consume tea. Arterial relaxation proved to be concerned with the increased blood flow, caused by tea.

This condition will make heart disease can be reduced. The impact of tea on the human heart is dependent on Enos, an enzyme that synthesizes messenger nitro-oxide. Tea will increase Enos activity. But when mixed with milk  up to 10%, the relaxation effects will not be seen again.

Research by Stangl has shown that the milk protein (named casein) has blocked the effects of tea. These proteins have been specially strict about the tea enzyme – catecin, or what is called EGCG.  Catecin is polyphenols, a material that is considered to be responsible for taking the health effects of tea-

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