Tea Consumption & Health

Lieutenant General Gautam Banerjee, PVSM, AVSM, YSM (Retd) has served in all of India's remote border areas and has participated in all operations undertaken by the Army since 1971. In the later part of his career, Gen Banerjee was the Chief Engineer, Western Army Command, the General Officer Commanding of the Madhya Bharat Area and the Chief of Staff, Central Army Command. Before superannuating after forty years of distinguished service, he was the Commandant of the Officers' Training Academy, Chennai. Besides authoring over one hundred articles and papers on military strategy, organisation and history, he has so far published three books. He is a Member of the Executive Council of the Vivekananda International Foundation, New Delhi, a Mentor with the United Services Institute, New Delhi and a Consulting Editor with a defence journal, the Indian Defence Review.

Preface; Tea polyphenols: health, bioavailability & novel use; Green tea & its impact on human health: myth or scientific true?; Potential health benefits of green tea: role of epigallocatechin-3-Gallate in prevention of inflammatory pathologies; Effects of Green Tea Catechin Consumption on Cardiovascular Diseases; Anti-diabetic activity of black, green & oolong tea.; Mechanisms underlying ischemic stroke prevention by tea; Green tea polyphenolic compounds & cardiovascular disorders; Tea & Healthy Skin; Epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG), a constituent of green tea & its anti-fibrotic effect; Translational Research of the Green Tea Catechin, EGCG, as HIV-1 Therapy; Passionflower Tea Consumption & Sleep Health; Green tea consumption & male urinary incontinence: A community-based study in Japan; Index.