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Tea drinking protects the brain from neurodegenerative disease, study says
Drinking a cup of tea daily can cut your risk of dementia by 50 percent and reduce cognitive deterioration by as much as 86 percent was established in a recent study by the Department of Psychological Medicine at the National University of...
Insect tea potential treatment for cancer
Malignant liver cancer is notoriously problematic to remedy, and early detection, examination and treatment are the only means of curing liver cancer, even with current medical care procedures. Authors of a 2015 study published in CyTA – Journal of Food regard the...
Black tea aroma inhalation’s influence upon stress
The impact of tea aroma inhalation has not been as extensively researched as the effect of tea drinking with various mental health benefits. As published in a recent study in the Journal of Physiological Anthropology, a team of researchers at the University of...
Green tea molecule could ward off strokes and heart attacks
EGCG breaks-up potentially deadly protein plaques in blood vessels Green tea could hold the key to stopping deaths from heart attacks and strokes caused by atherosclerosis, according to research supported by the British Heart Foundation and distributed in...
What makes a mountain sacred?
The profound connection between landscape and religion is the focus of most indigenous societies. The vertical axis of the mountain drawn from its peak down to its substratum links it with the world-axis, which is identified as the heart or hub of the...
Earth’s greatest travel rush starts in China
On February 1st the largest annual human migration on the planet began in China with the commencement of chunyun, the 40-day Spring Festival travel rush. Between February 1 and March 12, about 2.98 billion trips are expected to be made as hundreds of...
Does Kombucha confer health benefits beyond those of conventional tea?
What is Kombucha? In Japanese, kombucha means "seaweed tea"; it is a "tea" made out of the seaweed called kombu. The Japanese consider it to be very healthy. However, this is not the same kombucha tea that Westerners drink. Kombucha is an unusual-tasting...
Chrysanthemum Flowers’ Antitumor Effects
According to an MTT assay (a colorimetric assay for assessing cell metabolic activity), chrysanthemin contributes to suppression of prostate cancer cell production, inducing dose-dependent and time-dependent cytotoxic effects in them. Chrysanthemin, which...
Comforting Teas to Savor All Season Long
A fulfilling sip of piping hot tea on a brisk autumn or winter day is especially gratifying. Warm pots of loose-leaf tea are close at hand during this time of year— it’s as much a part of the season as long walks spent crunching through a brittle carpet of...
Is birth month more important than astrological sign?
Your birth month can impact much more than your astrological sign according to a new study. In fact, it corresponds with the overall success of students throughout their childhood and adolescence. A new working paper from the National Bureau of Economic...