Brew yourself some brain protection
Get your tea kettle out and get to brewing. I can't say enough good things about green tea, and I'm especially pleased to report that research is showing that it may help you stave off Alzheimer's disease.
According to the results of this most recent study, that powerful antioxidant in green tea, epigallocatechin gallate (a true 25-cent word if ever there was one, so the researchers refer to it as "EGCG" for short), seems to prevent the birthing of amyloid plaque.
This sticky plaque is the protein responsible for knocking things out of whack for brain cells, basically soaking them in a toxic stew. The research team found that EGCG takes what is potentially dangerous and makes it less toxic.
While, naturally, the researchers are quick to say they don't want to recommend green tea, I have to wonder—how can they not? It's packed with such a high antioxidant content, you could do a lot worse than drinking green tea instead of some high-fructose-corn-syrup-laden soda. And when you have something as safe as green tea with a potential benefit of such magnitude and there's such a favorable risk benefit ratio, why not give it a try and include in your daily routine?
The good news is that Alzheimer's research has finally kicked into high gear. Who knows—maybe one day in the not-so-distant future I'll be reporting on a new remedy for Alzheimer's—a natural one.
