Re: Anti oxidant effects of green tea

Michael S. Lorrey (mike@lorrey.com)
Wed, 09 Jun 1999 15:00:23 -0400

Al Villalobos wrote:

> Could someone with more biochemistry knowledge than me comment on the
> following reports?
>
> This one says that green tea is a better antioxidant than Vit C and E
> http://www.techmall.com/techdocs/TS970911-14.html. I was skeptical (of
> course!!) but then I saw this one, along the same lines.
> http://www2.ari.net/rjohnson/articles/GREENTEA.PUR.html
>

Vitamin C is actually rather weak compared to many other anti-oxidants, and is usually compared to as a baseline to rate the effectivness of another anti-oxidant.

>
> P.S. Just for fun, try tying green tea to the gun debate! :-D

I've been thinking of organizing a New Boston Tea Party to protest the unconstitutional actions of the imperial federal government...anyone else interested?

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