Equivalent efficacy Black Tea Green Tea

During this green tea is believed to reduce coronary attack, stroke, diabetes, hypertension, and cancers of the liver into a frightening disease for everyone. So many manufacturers vying tea out of green tea beverage product packaging that is more practical. But justified only nutritious green tea like that?

Professor of Food and Nutrition, Bogor Agricultural University (IPB), Prof. Dr. Ali Khomsan MS and heart health expert Dr. Mohammad Taufik SPJ in a discussion about tea, in Bogor, recently argued, black tea (black tea) is also efficacious as green tea because the free radical content contained therein.

"It is true that black tea has benefits such as lowering the risk of cancer, prevents coronary heart disease, preventing aging, and also can lower cholesterol in the blood," said Prof. Dr. Ali Khomsan.

Prof. Ali explained, from a variety of reference, note that black tea has been pretty much consumed our society compounds containing components that are good for the body. Theaflavins main antioxidant and is high enough. Compounds that have the effect to reduce the risks of diseases such as preventing cancer and coronary heart disease. "Black tea or black tea is made from fresh tea leaf is allowed to wither before reeling, then heated and dried. Black tea is fermented tea also" recalled Ali Khomsan.

One of his heart health experts from Bogor Rain City, Dr. Mohammad Taufik H SPJ supports the opinion of Prof. Dr. Ali Khomsan mentioning black tea beneficial for reducing coronary heart disease, cancer, diabetes and stroke.

Unfortunately, according to Taufik, the benefits contained in black tea has not been widely known by the public. This is due to the lack of socialization as well as publications from various studies about the health benefits of black tea.

Some time ago, National Cardiovascular Center Harapan Kita Cardiac Hospital, Jakarta (RSJHK) also presented results of his research in a talk show with the theme "Effects of Black Tea in Preventing and Overcoming Risk of Coronary Heart Disease" at the auditorium RSJHK Jakarta. According to the results, in black tea Catechin, a substance that was mentioned as an actor that is able to fight degenerative diseases are compounds theaflavins.

Theaflavins compound is an antioxidant, an anti-cancer, anti-mutagenic, anti-diabetic and other diseases. Theaflavins in black tea compounds is quite significant.

Put simply, antioxidants expressed as a compound capable of inhibiting or preventing the occurrence of oxidation. Based on the source, anti-oxidants can be divided into natural and synthetic antioxidants.

Theaflavins is a potential natural antioxidant. His ability as a catcher of free radicals could no longer deny their validity. Theaflavins as antioxidant ability was not quite up there.

Antioxidant activity in inhibiting oxidation of low density lippoprotein (LDL) in fact showed an amazing thing. In steeping black tea, theaflavins give a yellowish red color.

Meanwhile theanapthoquinone thearubigin and each gives color dark brownish red and yellow. To this taste, together with caffeine, theaflavins are present in black tea gives a fresh taste

Research in the Netherlands concluded that drinking black tea may prevent the accumulation of cholesterol in the arteries, especially in women. Black tea drinking one to two cups can reduce accumulation of cholesterol by 46 percent and if drinking four cups can reach 69 percent.

This is supported by the results of research in the United States which showed a heart attack decreases 40 percent in people who used to drink black tea.

Black tea also showed a convincing ability as a source of natural food for diabetics, especially in its capacity to increase insulin activity.

Research by the Department of Agriculture United States that has been published in the Journal Agric Food Chem 2002, shows the ability of black tea increased insulin activity more than green tea and Oolong tea.

According to Mohammad Taufik, usually, health experts will publish results, after several times doing research. When the results of his research showed similar results, new research is published. But when the new one-time research, the results are not to be published.

"If research is so new we do not maybe we publish. Usually the published research is research that has repeatedly," said the doctor sepesialis this heart.

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Based on the processing process, tea is classified into three types: black tea (fermented or oksimatis, short for oxidation ensimatis), Oolong tea and green tea. The logical consequence of differences in the process, giving birth to different tea products both physically and chemically.

Chemically, the most striking difference is the difference of content composition polyfenol compounds. In the processing of black tea and Oolong tea, catechins partially transformed into theaflavins, thearubigin, and theanaphtoquinone.

Although not as popular as their ancestors (catechin), theaflavins have been studied by several researchers. A number of studies stating that the theaflavins is more potent than catechin, given the structure of theaflavins is more potent than catechin.

This can be seen from how much hydroxyl group (OH) has. This hydroxyl group can function as an anti-free radicals or antioxidants. The more hydroxyl group of a compound, hence its ability as an antioxidant compound, the better.

There was only tea theaflavins in black tea that has undergone or oksimatis. Theaflavins is the result of oxidation of catechins oksimatis due process in the manufacture of black tea. Catechin theaflavins strength equivalent to even a few recent publications stating that the theaflavins is more potent than catechin.

Indonesia itself is currently listed as the fifth-largest tea producer in the world. But Indonesian black tea based on research, contains theaflavins that is higher than Japan or China. Thus, if we drink black tea native to Indonesia, the tendency to prevent coronary heart disease, such as the above mentioned higher. Unfortunately this has not been widely known by the Indonesian people themselves.