Diabetes, Pu-ehr tea and christ

We heard he was "big" and when he arrived he was so fat he swung his legs round in order to launch his great body forward. Now, prejudice is a creature like a ferret hiding behind a tree and there were word associations and images forming in my head like junk food, lack of control,reduced life span and „shame“, despite careful attention to non judgement but as soon as I met this golden man, I realised he is
a christ and his health problems are our health problems and it is untrue that obesity is always caused by "bad" life styles. Many people suffer from diabetes, even possibly including myself or yourself without even being aware of it.

My sister had sent me some Pu-ehr tea and it got lost in the post. Somehow the feeling for this lovely man who has since become a good friend became linked with the tea and I did a wee bit of research.

In 2003, an unusual kind of tea called Pu-erh (pronounced poo•air)
from Yunnan province in southwestern China, the source of almost all Pu-erh, was the subject of research on one of the statins used in prescription medicines for high blood pressure and high cholesterol.
The team using special extraction methods, found 139 nanograms per gram (dry weight), or 0.00001.39% by weight of Lovostatin, not much. If they had used water as an extractant the amount would have been less. Let us leave the story here for now.

In recent years, studies investigating the health effects of Pu-erh tea have found antioxidant, anticancer, cholesterol, blood pressure,
and blood sugar reduction and improved bacterial flora in the intestines, further, an enzyme complex called fatty acid synthase (FAS), which is linked not only to obesity but also to cancer (elevated levels of FAS are found in a wide variety of human cancers).
This suggests that Pu-erh could be an anti-cancer agent as well as an effective weight-control agent—especially if used in conjunction with a low-glycemic-index diet and a program of regular exercise

What is the difference between black teas and green teas? I am not a tea expert although I lived close to tea plantations but I understand it is in the fermentation process. The fermentation process for Pu-ehr is different from the one used to make oolong and black teas
With Pu-erh teas, the leaves are heated to destroy the enzymes (just as is done to produce green teas), but then they undergo a “secondary
oxidation/fermentation” process, which is the result of various
MICROORGANISMS, primarily the fungus Aspergillus niger, but there are many others. The process can take months, years or even decades to reach fruition and the best teas are so highly prized by connoisseurs that a single „cake! can cost thousands of dollars. The tea is interesting then to both tea makers and scientists.
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. Scientists then tested the effects of a variety of fermentation-inducing microorganisms on the levels of three substances in Pu-erh tea: lovastatin, gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), and
polyphenols (as a class);

GABA

GABA is the most important inhibitory neurotransmitter
It is a relaxant and stabilizer of mood disorders. One of its„side effects” is enhancing the immune system, which is very susceptible to
impairment by anxiety and stress. It is also involved in the regulation of cardiovascular functions, inhibition of the metastasis of cancer
cells, regulating pituitary functions and growth hormone production, and modulating kidney function.

Polyphenols

The polyphenols are a large class of compounds known for their strong antioxidant properties in laboratory experiments (but not in animals or humans). One category of polyphenols is the flavonoids, and one type of flavonoids is the catechins, which are found primarily in green tea; they tend to be destroyed by the fermentation processes that produce oolong and black teas and Pu-erh tea (which has virtually none). Of the catechins, the most potent—and the most
prevalent—is EGCG (epigallocatechin gallate), the compound that gets most of the credit for the many health benefits of green tea.

In this particular experiment, eight Pu-erh teas, aged 0, 6, 10, 12, 12, 20, 20, and 25 years were impregnated with various microorganisms. First the lovastatin content increased steadily with age, ranging from nearly nil in the fresh tea to 513 ng/g (dw) in the 25-year-old tea. Second, among the bacteria two were outstanding: the bacteria Streptomyces bacillaris and Streptomyces cinereus (there are several hundred species in this genus, many of which produce valuable antibiotics). With S. bacillaris and S. cinereus, the lovastatin concentration soared from nearly nil to 2183 and 4160 ng/g (dw).

One author concluded that the results of several epidemiological studies suggest that daily consumption of 5 to 6 cups of green tea can provide pronounced cardiovascular and metabolic benefits
Further, the mentioned anti-inflammatory, anti-arthritic, anti-bacterial,
anti-angiogenic, anti-oxidative, anti-viral, and neuroprotective effects of green tea and isolated green tea constituents which have been investigated have been attributed by one author to its most abundant catechin, EGCG.

Diabetes is the foremnost metabolic disorder in the world. If it is possible to grow or create using our friends the bacteria, a tea with the ability to naturally restore healthy metabolism, we would have the ability to assist our friends with health issues. If we wish to see the Christ in another, I cannot think of a better way than to be able to offer them relief of unnecessary suffering. Diabetes is not funny. Your body cells die in a desert when the blood supply fails and in the meantime you can expect "complications".

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, Jeng KC, Chen
> CS, Fang YP, Hou RCW, Chen YS. Effect of microbial fermentation on content of
> statin, GABA, and polyphenols in Pu-Erh tea. J Agric Food Chem 2007;55:8787-92.
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