Gano Direct Organic Green Tea 20x2g Teabags
Gano Direct Green Tea is a quality Organic Green tea leaves with Ganoderma/Reishi added. It has a great taste and cooling effect. Can be drunk hot after a meal to aid digestion or cold to quench your thirst, especially on a hot summer’s day. This is a super drink. Please click More Info to check combined effect of Green Tea and Ganoderma.
Combined effect of green tea and Ganoderma lucidum on invasive behavior of breast cancer cells.
Epidemiological studies have suggested that consumption of green tea may decrease the risk of a variety of cancers. In addition, mushroom Ganoderma lucidum has been used for the promotion of health, longevity and treatment of cancer in traditional Chinese medicine. In the present study we show that extract from green tea (GTE) increased the anticancer effect of G. lucidum extract (GLE) on cell proliferation (anchorage-dependent growth) as well as colony formation (anchorage-independent growth) of breast cancer cells. This effect was mediated by the down-regulation of expression of oncogene c-myc in MDA-MB-231 cells. Although individual GTE and GLE independently inhibited adhesion, migration and invasion of MDA-MB-231 cells, their combination demonstrated a synergistic effect, which was mediated by the suppression of secretion of urokinase plasminogen activator (uPA) from breast cancer cells. Our study suggests the potential use of combined green tea and G. lucidum extracts for the suppression of growth and invasiveness of metastatic breast cancers.
Many health benefits have been associated with regularly drinking green tea. These include:
- Eliminating free radicals within the body
- Absorbs and blocks cholesterol
- Decreases the levels of cholesterol in the blood and prevents the process of oxidisation creating bad cholesterol
- Helps prevent heart related conditions within the body
- Works to normalise blood pressure levels
- Helps to fight bacteria and viruses
- Improves the condition of the intestines by blocking bad bacteria and increasing levels of good bacteria
- Helps to detoxify the body
- Helps to stabilise diabetes
- Can assist in weight loss
- Slows the ageing process
- Helps to strengthen the immune system
The Antioxidants in Green Tea
Green tea is such a powerful drink because of the antioxidants it contains. The antioxidants that are responsible for most of the health benefits of green tea are called polyphenols and these are considered to be the most effective of all the antioxidants. Green tea is particularly rich in a subgroup of polyphenols called catechins, containing between fifteen and thirty percent of catechin content.
There are four main catechin substances – EC, ECg, EGC, and EGCG, with EGCG or epigallocatechin gallate being the most powerful. EGCG is an antioxidant that is approximately 25 to 100 times more powerful than vitamin C or vitamin E. EGCG has been shown to inhibit the growth of cancer cells, kill cancer cells without hurting healthy tissue, lower the levels of bad cholesterol, and also to help stop abnormal blood clots from forming