Prev: Just getting started with testing
Next: HgbA1c = 5.5
From: Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD on 4 May 2008 19:34
neighbor Quentin Grady wrote:
> neighbor Maggie <o.maria78(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> >Green tea extract may help prevent type-2 diabetes through improved
> >glucose tolerance
>
> G'day G'day Maggie,
>
> Thanks for the post. Readers will realise it is long, long jump
> from epigallocatechin gallate.EGCG in rodents to green tea drinking by
> humans. In fact it makes me quite EG if you CG what I mean.
>
> EGCG is the active ingredient in tea. To get the equivalent dosage in
> humans one would have to drink a heck of a lot of tea.
>
> At the highest dose rate some T2 diabetics would need 10 x 100 grams
> of EGCG. That is 1000 grams. Whoops. That is a kilogram of EGCG.
> Even if tea were pure EGCG which it clearly isn't one would need to
> make a brew with a kilogram of tea leaves per day.
>
<read, noted, and snipped>
>
> Best wishes to all those who approach life with a degree of wisdom,

Without the LORD, there can be no degree of wisdom or intelligence
because HE is the Source of all wisdom and intelligence.

Indeed, it remains much smarter to simply eat less, down to the right
amount:

http://HeartMDPhD.com/BeSmart

Here is a simple parable given in hopes of promoting greater
understanding:

http://HeartMDPhD.com/Parable

Life in industrialized nations is life in blessed feedlots ! ! !

Be hungry... be healthy... be hungrier... be euglycemic:

http://TheWellnessFoundation.com/BeHealthier

Prayerfully in the infinite power and might of the Holy Spirit,

Andrew <><
--
Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD
Lawful steward of http://EmoryCardiology.com
A latter-day disciple of the KING of kings and LORD of lords.
http://HeartMDPhD.com/HolySpirit/DiscipleNow
 | 
Pages: 1
Prev: Just getting started with testing
Next: HgbA1c = 5.5