Green Tea May Benefit Late-Stage Kidney Disease

Harry Hirsute · � #1 � 11-09-2007, 02:30 PM

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Background: Oxidative stress increases in patients with end-stage renal disease and exaggerates the related comorbidities.

Objective: The aim of the study was to evaluate the effects of supplementation with decaffeinated green tea extract (catechins) on hemodialysis-induced reactive oxygen species, atherosclerotic disease risk factors, and proinflammatory cytokines.

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Results: After one oral dose, the hemodialysis patients (n = 10) had later peaks and slower decay of plasma catechins than did the healthy subjects.

In the 10 hemodialysis patients, catechin supplementation reduced hemodialysis-enhanced plasma hypochlorous acid activity more effectively than did placebo or vitamin C.

Between treatments with 455 or 910 mg catechins, no significant difference was found in the reduction of plasma hypochlorous acid activity.

Catechins also significantly reduced proinflammatory cytokine expression enhanced by hemodialysis.

In the 7-mo interventional study, the 14 patients who received daily supplementation of catechins for 3 mo had less predialysis plasma hydrogen peroxide activity, lower hypochlorous acid activity, and lower phosphatidylcholine hydroperoxide, C-reactive protein, and proinflammatory cytokine concentrations than did the 30 hemodialysis patients who received placebo.

https://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/abstract/86/5/1539

pinballdoctor · � #2 � 11-09-2007, 03:43 PM

Whatever will benefit a disease will also prevent it. Green/White tea is full of benefits, so don't wait til you get a disease, start drinking a few cups per day NOW.

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