멋진 삶과 인생을 구가할...

녹차가 몸에 좋다는 얘긴 퍽 오래된 얘기다 허나 저 자극성으로 이용은 늘지 않는다고

한다 그러나 조용한 넉넉한 여유로운 분위기에선 꾸준히 그 사용이 늘어난다고 한다.

70을 넘은 일본 남녀노인들을 조사 연구한 바에의하면 녹차를 마신1,000명의 노인네들은

인식지각력 상실이 아주 낮았고 정신력 손상의 위험이 거의 없었다고한다. 알츠하이머병에도

현저한효과가 있었으나 이는 과학적으로 원인과 결과를 입증할 수는 없었다고 한다. 정말

깨끗하게삶을 마감함으로 후손이나 유자녀를 복되게 해줄려면 이젠 녹차를 달고 살아야 할

것 같군요 그러나 연구에서는 하루 한 잔에 식사와식사 사이에 마시는 정도라하는군요.

진짜로 존가봐요 이젠 "커피 한잔"을 "녹차 한 잔"으로...

Green tea may protect the aging brain

By Amy Norton Fri Feb 24, 10:35 AM ET

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who regularly drink green tea may have a lesser risk of mental

decline as they grow older, researchers have found.

Their study, of more than 1,000 Japanese adults in their 70s and beyond, found that the more green tea

men and women drank, the lower their odds of having cognitive impairment.

The findings build on evidence from lab experiments showing that certain compounds in green tea may

protect brain cells from the damaging processes that mark conditions like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease.

But while those studies were carried out in animals and test tubes, the new research appears to be the first

to find a lower risk of mental decline among green-tea drinkers, according to the study authors.

They speculate that the possible protective effects of green tea may help explain Japan's lower rate of dementia,

particularly Alzheimer's disease, compared with Europe and North America.

Dr. Shinichi Kuriyama and colleagues at Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine report the findings

in the current issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

The study included 1,003 adults age 70 and older who completed detailed questionnaires on their diets over

the previous month, as well as their overall physical health and lifestyle habits. They also completed a standard

test of cognitive functions such as memory, attention and language use.

The researchers found that older adults who drank two or more cups of green tea per day were about half as likely

to show cognitive impairment as those who drank three cups or less each week. Men and women who averaged

one cup per day fell somewhere in between.

The connection between green tea and mental function persisted when the researchers accounted for overall diet a

nd factors such as smoking and exercise habits.

However, the findings cannot demonstrate a cause-and-effect relationship.

The study was observational, not a controlled experiment, and there may be something about green-tea drinkers

that explains the link between the beverage and sharper mental function, Kuriyama told Reuters Health.

For example, healthier, more active individuals may simply drink more green tea -- which, in Japan, is often consumed

in social settings.

"We think that the potential protective effects of green tea should be confirmed in further studies," Kuriyama said.

Given the high prevalence and heavy burden of dementia, the researchers conclude, any benefit of drinking green tea

could have a "considerable" public health impact