RE: EGCG & Sjogren's syndrome

October 24, 2008

i emailed mr. hu about my severe sjogrens. told him i even bought egcg and took

it for a while without results, but yet he didnt say to try his egcg instead. he

just said there was no cure and he wishes there was. that was it. and i had

contacted him twice, one year ago and two years ago.

From: Jeffery <jefferysa@...>

Subject: rheumatic EGCG & Sjogren's syndrome

rheumatic

Date: Thursday, October 23, 2008, 10:30 PM

This may be of interest to those with Sjogren's syndrome. Hsu does his research

at Medical College of Georgia within a few miles of me and he is regularly in

the news here, as he has spent vritually his entire professional career studying

green tea and its health benefits. He claims that many of the EGCG products in

the market are not worth the money because EGCG is difficult to maintain

chemically intact and to not break down during processing. He developed a gum

containing EGCG that supposedly has been tested favorably for EGCG. He did it

for the benefits that green tea is known to have for oral hygiene/cavity

prevention not for Sjogren's syndrome, though maybe it would have some

applicability for this.

" Dr. Hsu, molecular/cell biologist in the School of Dentistry, found

that in mice, EGCG reduced the severity and delayed onset of salivary gland

damage associated with Sjogren's syndrome, which has no known cure.

" EGCG modulates several important genes, so it suppresses the abnormality at the

molecular level in the salivary gland. It also significantly lowered the serum

autoantibodies, reducing the severity of Sjogren's syndrome-like symptoms, " Dr.

Hsu says. Autoantibodies are antibodies the body makes against itself. "

Jeff

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October 24, 2008

That doesn't surprise me, as he is a researcher, not an MD. The

researchers/authors of the majority of published studies usually take the same

approach and purposely avoid advocating or promoting specific health benefits.

They usually just state that more research is warranted. Hsu is always needing

more grant money. He's not going to compromise his impartiality by assuming an

advocate role. It's easy to be an advocate of something if you have nothing to

lose.

It is possible that what was true for the mice or in the dish, is also true for

humans but to a much lesser degree, less that what would help with a disease.

Without clinical trials, who could possibly know for certain.

Maybe you you are already aware.....he found a large disparity in Sjogren's

cases between the elderly in China compared to the elderly in the US. Other

studies have found a similar disparity for some other autoimmune diseases. I

have a friend from China who drinks green tea like water, even gargles with it.

I realize that none of this is proof of anything though.

Jeff

rheumatic

From: genuinelysweet2002@...

Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2008 19:04:56 -0700

Subject: Re: rheumatic EGCG & Sjogren's syndrome

i emailed mr. hu about my severe sjogrens. told him i even bought

egcg and took it for a while without results, but yet he didnt say to try his

egcg instead. he just said there was no cure and he wishes there was. that was

it. and i had contacted him twice, one year ago and two years ago.