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Not the first time highlights the benefits of Green Tea for that women have passed their menopause : a recent study by the Center Health Sciences Texas Tech University (United States) not only highlighted in this sense the benefits of this ancient tea but also of Tai Chi , discipline and also traditional oriental origin.
Green tea contains large amounts of polyphenols, antioxidants known plant, which already has proven evidence about their beneficial effects on human health : those who regularly take this drink have lower risk of major chronic degenerative diseases such as cardiovascular and osteoporosis.
The researcher Chawan-Li Shen has studied a group of postmenopausal women and potential of green tea and Tai Chi as a whole. At work closely followed 171 women with an average age of 57 years who already had weak bones and osteoporosis infancy.
Thus, were divided into four groups: one consumed 500 mg per day of green tea polyphenols (no Tai Chi), another was given placebo and were instructed to practice Tai Chi, another only placebo without the discipline, and a final, was told to take the same amount of green tea and the same practice of Tai Chi .
In general, we found that the latter group (whose dose of green tea was between 4 to 6 cups per day) had best indicators of bone health at 3 and 6 months . In a similar way, greater muscle strength at 6 months. And this, you should add that participants who practiced Tai Chi experience also ensured better quality of life, emotional and mental health.
The expert researchers and other participants stressed the benefits of combination of polyphenols and Tai Chi on biological markers of oxidative stress .
The group concluded that it can confirm a "favorable effect moderate consumption of green tea on bone remodeling in this population pre-osteoporotic ."
So you know, a few cups of green tea a day and practice of Tai Chi will also be successful if two alternatives you are a woman and you have overcome the barrier of 50. Via
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