tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44472491235196583472024-03-16T08:08:59.659+01:00SuppVersity - Nutrition and Exercise Science for EveryoneWhere BRO- and PRO-Science Unite in the Spirit of True WisdomAdel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comBlogger2119999tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-39931288475168676322020-10-14T09:54:00.001+02:002020-10-14T10:07:17.950+02:00Coffee Research 10/2020: Coffee's Origin Affects Glucose Effects | Coffee, Tea & Cancer - Similar but Different + MoreWhy are the captions in the thumbs back? Facebook won't allow replacing the preview picture of links easily.Don't worry, not all news in 2020 is bad news... unfortunately, though, there's some 'bad coffee news' out there, too. In the following overview, I am going to cover a bunch of interesting studies - good and bad news, just as you'd see them in the ever-more non-scientific apocalypse that weAdel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-33453471230032990872018-04-19T05:44:00.000+02:002018-04-19T05:49:29.178+02:00Hot News About Cold Tea: Cold Maté Tea Increases Energy Expenditure 2x More than Hot Maté | No Strings Attached?
I don't want to spoil your beloved maté tea for you, but if you expect it to shed slabs of body fat off your frame, this belief may well spoil your fat loss efforts for you ;-)
I've previously addressed the potential benefits of cold-brewing your coffee and the effect of water temperature on the extraction of bioactive substances from coffee in my "Coffee 101" (Moussa 2017). For (Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-41354013962512213212017-03-18T03:58:00.000+01:002017-03-18T03:58:13.313+01:00May I Salt & Roast My Nuts? Plus: If Catechins Boost One's Energy Expenditure by 400% Why Don't They Work for Me?
One article, two questions, two science-based answers.
If you're like me I bet that you've been asking yourself previously, whether the cheap roasted nuts at the supermarket have the same health benefits as the expensive "raw" nuts from the health-food store... guess what: a recent study by scientists from the Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences and the University of Otago Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-55274152005511448302016-02-25T04:43:00.000+01:002016-02-25T17:31:19.573+01:00Theanine + Caffeine - A Natural and Powerful Combination to Increase Your Attention and Reaction Speed (+6-10%)
Tea will naturally contain both theanine and caffeine, but will it work, as well as supplemental theanine and caffeine?
While everybody knows caffeine (see last SV article comparing caffeine to coffee), theanine aka L-γ-glutamylethylamide or N5-ethyl-L-glutamine, an amino acid analogue of the proteinogenic amino acids L-glutamate and L-glutamine, is less well known, but as a recent study Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-32304333215128163422015-11-21T07:20:00.005+01:002015-11-21T07:29:24.860+01:00Fat-Blocker Effect of Tea Catechins Confirmed (?) in Man - Sign. Abdominal Fat Loss (5-8%) in 12 Weeks W/Out Diet
Tea catechins (which can also be found in black and jasmin tea | see Figure 3) can help you keep particularly unhealthy abdominal fat (Després. 2012) at bay.
It is one thing to have in-vitro and rodent data that green tea can inhibit the digestion of dietary fat (reported previously in the SuppVersity Facebook News); it is another thing, however, to have a human study like the one Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-35948117894705230442015-06-03T15:23:00.000+02:002015-06-03T15:23:43.603+02:0060%+ Reduced Absorption of EGCG if You Consume GTE W/ Food - Better Take Your Green Tea Caps On Empty
Green tea smoothies - If you don't want to waste more than 60% of green tea's precious EGCG content, you better don't blend it with too much other stuff
While the previously discussed effect of milk on the bioavailability of the polyphenols from green tea (the beverage) is probably negligible, a recent study from the University of Cranberra suggests that the inhibitory effect of food on Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-13274417938368974392015-02-06T14:45:00.000+01:002015-02-06T14:54:54.285+01:00Caffeine not Required for Performance Enhancing Effects of Green Tea in Recreational Athletes - 25% Increase in Fatty Acid Oxidation, 11% Increase in Maximal Endurance
It may come as a surprise, but for the chronic, endurance enhancing effects of green tea supplements caffeine obviously isn't necessary. It appears, though, as if the effects were mediated solely by increases in fat oxidation.
Green tea supplements are all over the place... as fat burners, not performance enhancers, though. Against that background it's all the more surprising that researchers Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-60322144917981578542014-05-09T17:16:00.001+02:002018-12-26T04:20:22.870+01:00Chinese Black, Green & Oolong Tea is NO Health Beverage. Lead, Chromium, Cadmium and Potentially Toxic Levels of Manganese + Endocrine Disrupting PFCs Are the Rule
"Pesticide pollution: Chinese tea may not be safe to drink," this is what you could read on the website of Greenpeace in 2012, already and obviously this has not changed over the last 2 years | read more
I've actually written about the problem with toxins in tea, specifically green tea from China, before and I wouldn't be too sure, whether bad news like the previously reported "-20% Reduction Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-37034024081090927622014-01-30T16:58:00.001+01:002014-01-31T06:04:08.090+01:00A Relaxing, Cortisol Reducing, Testosterone Manipulating Cup of Roiboos Tea, Anyone? Plus: From Herpes, Over Liver-Toxicity to Cancer - Things Rooibos Can Do For You!
"Decallerate" your life - drink tea!?
I am starting to think that I may have totally underestimated Roiboos tea... I mean, tea without my beloved caffeine? That cannot be good for anything, can it? Well, it looks like it can!
After a couple of database searches, I did eventually have to realize that the most recent study by Schloms et al. is only the tip of an ice-, or rather "paper-berg" Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-8502708500885327282014-01-27T18:30:00.002+01:002014-01-27T18:30:55.246+01:00Will Drinking Tea Solve Our Sugary Problems? Commercial Tea Preparations Contain Effective "Carb Blocker"
Tea: An anti-oxidant carb-blocker with class - The Britons do it right - the always have a cup of tea with their scones.
As a (hopefully) regular SuppVersity reader you will know that I don't buy into either the fructose or the sucrose theory of everything (diabetes, cancer, obesity, stupidity, etc.). This does not mean that I wouldn't understand that the average Westerner would largely Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-18230753782199602802013-12-11T18:00:00.000+01:002013-12-12T05:44:04.144+01:00Commercially Available Teas "Not Suitable For Human Consumption": Potentially Hazardous Amounts of Lead, Aluminum, Arsenic & Co in Every Cup
Would all commercially available teas have to be labeled like this?
I am usually not a fan of articles with titles like this one (see above) - they have what you call in Germany "Bildzeitungsniveau" (the German tabloid with news like "World about to disappear in a black hole, when CERN starts operating). It is however hard to resist the urge to use a headline like the one above, if the it fitsAdel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-27685454194128242472013-11-25T17:48:00.001+01:002013-11-25T17:48:53.051+01:00Coffee Rules, Green Tea Sucks!? Study Links Green Tea to Insulin Resistance and Coffee to Insulin Sensitivity. Statist. Outlier, Long- vs. Short Term Effect or Heavy Metal Toxicity?
I can't tell if bathing in coffee is healthier than in tea, but my gut tells me that it is.
Coffee may rob your sleep (see "Sleepness Nights: Are Pre-Workouts and A Huge Cup of Coffee Messing With Your Sleep?" | more), but if you look at the currently available epidemiological data, the average coffee drinker is still a pretty healthy chap. Whether this is due or in spite of the stimulating Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-45397160856100942272013-11-05T16:31:00.003+01:002013-11-05T16:39:21.074+01:00Theanine or Caffeine? Soda, Black or Green Tea? What's Going to Get Your Brain Going? Plus: What About Sleep?
Caffeinated soft drink, coffee or tea, caffeine alone or caffeine + l-theanine what's going to yield the desired afterburner effect for your brain? The answer to this question came out probably less straight forward than you'd expected.
"L-theanine, coffee or both? What's going to get your brain going?" That's the question form the title of today's SuppVersity article and it's a question with Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-51992063303802891172013-08-21T16:42:00.003+02:002013-08-24T09:25:33.590+02:00Milk, Tea & Honey - Two Things Don't Belong: Milk & Sugar Potently Reduce Antioxidant Effects of Green & Black Tea
Chi Latte is a sugar bomb, but no healthy, antioxidant beverage.
Over the past couple of weeks it has become relatively quiet in the "tea is good for your health", "tea makes you lose weight magically", "tea reduces diabetes risk", etc. column of the science news here at the SuppVersity, and in general. Ok, you still got your daily "green tea reduces inflammation study", but let's face it. Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-25680040706727892392013-06-15T18:13:00.004+02:002013-06-15T18:13:58.333+02:00Yerba Mate, Yohimbine & Yucca - Potent Fat or Unhealthy Money Burners? Tea Catechins Were Yesterday, Saponins Are the Future! GMO Rice "Safe for Human Consumption"?
Are you living in one of the hotspots of diabesity and laziness? Check out the map in the bottom right of my little collage and find out what the CDC data from 2008 can tell you about the regional differences in the US. Which are the top (=healthy & active; violet) and which the flop (=diabetic and sedentary; blue) counties in the US?
58%, that's not just the SuppVersity Figure of the WeekAdel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-13034330823516729312012-08-19T09:04:00.000+02:002012-08-19T13:24:09.611+02:00On Short Notice: Oxytocin to Boost Testosterone & Block Cortisol? Exercise for Life-Extension? Which Tea for Metal-Chelation? Which Fat to Reduce Calorie Intake by ~30%?
Image 1: This is still my preferred way to boost oxytocin - regardless of possible ergolytic effects ;-)
Due to the sudden heat-wave over here in good old Germany I thought, I'd use these early morning hours to get another installment of "On Short Notice" on it's way before my brain dries out (or I drown in the public swimming pool ;-). I hope you enjoy the four items on the recent interest Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-61964755728545818872012-05-19T16:44:00.000+02:002012-05-20T13:32:02.389+02:00Lack of Drive? Theacrine Will Get You Going - Every Day! Camellia Kucha Alkaloid Acts via Dopamine and Adenosine
Image 1: Coffee vs. tea, if it comes to the persistent dopaminergic "get going" effect it appears that a hitherto hardly known tea variety, Camellia Kucha has the edge on the #1 average westerner's #1 morning drink.
Caffeine is the #1 drug for anyone looking for that little extra of burst of energy and yet there are people who claim they would kill for their morning coffee, while others swear Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-23555312280191954552012-04-07T18:21:00.002+02:002012-04-08T13:07:14.884+02:00The Leptin-Ilex!? Does Yerba Mate (Ilex Paraguariensis) Restore Leptin Sensitivity or Does it "Just" Help You Lose Body Fat by Curbing Your Appetite?
Image 1: Mate tea, which is made of the dried leaves and twigs of Ilex paraguariensis, a shrub or small tree native to subtropical South America, has long been touted as a useful weight loss tool (img Ilosuna, Wikipedia)
Isn't it funny, how complicated losing weight has become? I mean, only 20 years ago the one thing you had to do, to lose weight was eat less and (optionally) exercise more. Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-30995496963982647322011-12-13T17:32:00.002+01:002011-12-14T13:40:48.253+01:00Warding Off Holiday Weight Gain 2.0: The Anti-Diabesity Effect of Coffee Goes Beyond its Caffeine Content.
Image 1: If they are not laden with pesticides and anti-fungals, the small brown beans from the coffee pant can easily compete with green, black oolong and pu-erh teas, when it comes to countering the unwanted side-effects of the "holiday diet"
Back in the days, both, tea and coffee were luxury goods and people felt privileged if they could have any of them. Today, they have become another of Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-67828611471059221312011-12-12T17:31:00.000+01:002015-12-13T04:53:54.053+01:00Green, Oolong, Pu'Erh or Black, All Teas May Help Keep Fat in Check. 750ml of Tea Per Day Could Ward Off Some of Your Holiday Weight Gain.
Image 1: Though color does matter to some extend, the most important thing appears to be that you drink your tea, whether it is green, black, white or well... pu-erh ;-)
Christmas time is approaching and my personal experience tells me that for many of my fellow human beings Santa has more than just iPads, iPhones and iPods in his gunnysack. The two, three or more pounds of body weight, Santa,Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-9603082935197824912011-07-31T17:17:00.005+02:002013-11-16T04:53:49.136+01:00Ask Dr. Andro: "Does Adding Milk to My Tea Reduce Its Health Benefits or Destroy the Antioxidants? Is There a Difference For Black, Green and White Tea?"
Image 1: Monkey milk tea by Conchibi. No matter how decorative it may look, according to various online sources, the milky monkey decoration is just about to annihilate the beneficial health effects of tea at the very moment it mingles with the antioxidant brew... or is this just another urban myth that is reaffirmed by 'gurus' all over the Internet?
Question from Samir Banga (via Facebook): "Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.com