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Catechins in green tea could help protect you against glucoma and other eye diseases. New research finds that the ingredients travel from your digestive system into the tissues of your eyes.
Scientists analyzed eye tissue from rats that drank green tea. They found that eye tissues such as the lens and retina had absorbed green tea catechins.
According to NutraIngredients:
“The [study’s] authors said that oxidative stress causes biological disturbances such as DNA damage and activation of proteolytic enzymes that can lead to tissue cell damage or dysfunction and eventually many ophthalmic diseases.”
Resources:
NutraIngredients April 26, 2010
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry February 10, 2010;58(3):1523-34
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