Re: Avacado and Green Tea

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I've heard green tea can increase blood pressure, but it seems

studies have shown the opposite:

http://vanderbiltowc.wellsource.com/dh/content.asp?ID=1688

so I'd check with my doctor before having 4 cups per day. I'd

probably have a problem with that much caffiene, and my blood

pressure tends to be low so I wouldn't want to lower it...

There also was a mention of lowering blood sugar:

http://64.233.161.104/search?

q=cache:kNno1y4xLaUJ:www.lef.org/featured-articles/greent.html+%

22green+tea%22+%22blood+pressure%22&hl=en

I have hypoglycemia, so again people like me should watch out for it,

and if anyone is on diabetes medication, keep a check on your sugars

when drinking it. I'm not a medical doctor, but I find it is very

interesting that there's so much info about " good-for-you foods "

having pharmaceutical properties.

Avocado on the other hand is probably good for everything

http://www.avocadosource.com/WAC2/WAC2_p025.htm

Since I'm on an Atkins-type diet, I'm going to have to buy my first

avocado and make some fresh guacamole!

Take care,

RH

> I just read some interesting articles on research in the current

issue

> of " Eating Well " . It was found that eating a small amount of Avocado

> increased the ability of the body to process antioxidents,

especially

> the carotenoids. The fat in Avocado's is the good fat and it was

found

> that fat was necessary for absorbtion of antioxidents in our food

(it

> didn't mention supplements), but that the Avocado worked better - 2

to

> 15 times better. This research was done at Ohio State .

>

> Some recent research on green tea found that it increased athletic

> endurance. Not sure it would help us, but we all sure could use

added

> endurance. The study was done with 4 cups of green tea a day. This

> research was done in Japan.

>

> I found these interesting.

>

> laurie

>

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