New research reveals a clear link between green tea consumption and fewer brain lesions, shedding light on its potential to safeguard cognitive health in aging populations. Study: Green tea consumption and cerebral white matter lesions in community-dwelling older adults without dementia . Image Credit: New Africa / Shutterstock.
com A recent study published in the Nature Portfolio Journal Science of Food reveals that higher green tea consumption is associated with fewer lesions in the cerebral white matter, a characteristic feature of dementia. The impact of tea and coffee on cognition Green Tea's Antioxidant Properties: Catechins in green tea, particularly epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), exhibit neuroprotective effects by scavenging free radicals, reducing inflammation, and inhibiting amyloid β aggregation, which are linked to Alzheimer’s disease pathology. Tea and coffee, the most popular beverages worldwide, contain numerous compounds with neuroprotective properties, including caffeine, polyphenols, and vitamins.
Green tea, black tea, and coffee also contain epigallocatechin gallate, theaflavins, chlorogenic acid, and caffeic acid, all of which exhibit antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. Several epidemiological studies have reported that tea or coffee consumption reduces the risk of age-related cognitive decline. Dementia, a neurodegenerative disease that causes cognitive decline, is associated with a wide range of brain structural changes, including brain atr.