Milk Protein Will Block The Effect of Tea

August 3, 2009 by · 2 Comments
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Consuming milk is good for health, but the bunch advantage of milk will disappear if tea is mixed with milk. A research in German shows that the soothing effect of black tea towards the relaxation of artery will lose if once it is contaminated with milk.

Tea is a drink the most consumed in the world, after water off course. Especially after reported that consuming tea will help to reduce the possibility of heart disease and cancer, tea is consumed in wider range. Stangl and his research team sound that the females who consumed a half-liter of black tea has a looser artery than those who aren’t consuming tea. Artery relaxation is proved to be concerned with increasing of blood flow, which is caused by tea. This condition will make the heart disease may reduced.

The effects towards human heart is actually depends on eNOS, an enzyme that synthesize nitro-oxide messenger. Tea will increase the activity of eNOS. But if tea is mixed with tea up to 10%, the relaxation effect won’t be seen anymore.

Research by Stangl has shown that casein protein of milk has blocked the effect of tea. This kind of protein has specifically tight the matter of tea , that is catecin, or which is called EGCG. Catecin is a polyphenol, a material which is considered taking responsible for the health effect of tea


The Benefits of Honey

July 30, 2009 by · Leave a Comment
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HoneyHoney is known worldwide with it’s sweet taste and thick liquid, with yellow to brown color. As has been written in Holly Qur’an, honey is the medication for all illness, except for death. What are the benefits of honey for human’s health ?

Here are the five main concept of benefits of honey for our health :

  • Honey as antioxidant source
  • Honey as antibacterial matter
  • Honey as energy source
  • Honey to improve and increase immunity
  • Honey contains a lot kinds of nutrients like amino acid, vitamins, and mineral that is sufficient for our body.

Honey and it’s substances :

Substance Level
Water 17, 1%
Glucose 35 %
Fructose 41 %
Sucrose 2 %
Fat -
Protein & Mineral 0, 50% with K >>, Zn, N, calcium, magnesium, iodine
Vitamin Vitamin A, B1, B2 ; C >>, B
Enzyme diastase, cataloes, peroxide and lipase
Antioxidant ++
Other substance Malt acid, tartaric acid, citrus acid, lactate acid, and oxalate acid

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