The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition's Special Tea Edition!

The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition has just published their special edition supplement specifically on teas! They have included 12 academic and clinical articles on just tea research.  Some of the highlights include research on tea and individual active nutrients in it, how does tea impact the intestinal flora, how does tea impact cardiovascular health, how tea impacts cancer, how tea impacts weight control, as well as tea impacting bone health!



Below, I've directly linked to the supplement.



Table of Contents — December 2013, 98 (6):



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10 Things You Don’t Know about Acupuncture - Cape May County Herald

Interesting facts about acupuncture

10 Things You Don’t Know about Acupuncture - Cape May County Herald:

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"Consumer Reports" Reports on Acupuncture

A generalize overview of acupuncture from Consumer Reports.


http://news.consumerreports.org/health/2012/09/acupuncture-is-more-than-a-placebo-for-chronic-pain.html

Save the Economy: Use Chinese Medicine

What exactly is the value of Chinese Medicine in the modern era?  And what can we do with it to increase its value? This is a good article that can give some food for thought as the world continues to change around us


http://www.acupuncturetoday.com/mpacms/at/article.php?id=32628

Acupucture at Olympics

World vault champion McKayla Maroney refuses to let pain get in the way of her chances at becoming an Olympic champion.  With the help of acupuncture, she was able to stay in the game.

http://london2012.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/26/injury-does-not-deter-mckayla-maroney/

Acupuncture USA Goes To Olympics

Acupuncture USA Goes To Olympics:
Acupuncture has a huge history in sports medicine, dating back to before the Shaolin monks, and now in the modern age, acupuncture has gained acceptance at the highest levels of athleticism, the Olympics!  Also I would like to note that Amy Acuff, an Olympian whose participating in the competition this summer in London, used to have an office in Stockton, California!


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The effects of coffee and tea consumption on cardiovascular mortality in Japan

The effects of coffee and tea consumption on cardiovascular mortality in Japan.  Interesting how caffeine can actually reduce the death rates from heart disease.

Abstract

Background The effects of coffee and green, black and oolong teas and caffeine intake on cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality have not been well defined in Asian countries.

Methods To examine the relationship between the consumption of these beverages and risk of mortality from CVD, 76 979 individuals aged 40–79 years free of stroke, coronary heart disease (CHD) and cancer at entry were prospectively followed. The daily consumption of beverages was assessed by questionnaires.

Results 1362 deaths were documented from strokes and 650 deaths from CHD after 1 010 787 person-years of follow-up. Compared with non-drinkers of coffee, the multivariable HR and 95% CI for those drinking 1–6 cups/week, 1–2 cups/day and ≥3 cups/day were 0.78 (0.50 to 1.20), 0.67 (0.47 to 0.96) and 0.45 (0.17 to 0.87) for strokes among men (p=0.009 for trend). Compared with non-drinkers of green tea, the multivariable HR for those drinking 1–6 cups/week, 1–2 cups/day, 3–5 cups/day and ≥6 cups/day were 0.34 (0.06–1.75), 0.28 (0.07–1.11), 0.39 (0.18–0.85) and 0.42 (0.17–0.88) for CHD among women (p=0.038 for trend). As for oolong tea, the multivariable HR of those drinking 1–6 cups/week and ≥1 cups/day were 1.00 (0.65–1.55) and 0.39 (0.17–0.88) for total CVD among men (p=0.049 for trend). Risk reduction for total CVD across categories of caffeine intake was most prominently observed in the second highest quintile, with a 38% lower risk among men and 22% among women.

Conclusions Consumption of coffee, green tea and oolong tea and total caffeine intake was associated with a reduced risk of mortality from CVD.

http://jech.bmj.com/content/65/3/230.abstract