Green Tea Could Help To Improve Memory

Exciting new research has come to light that Green tea could actually help to improve a person's memory.

Laboratory tests conducted by the University of Newcastle upon Tyne revealed that Green and Black tea help to impede the activity of certain enzymes in the brain which are associated with memory loss.

These amazing findings which have been published in the academic journal, Phytotherapy Research may soon lead to the development of a revolutionary treatment for one of the most common forms of dementia that affects an estimated ten million people around the world; Alzheimer's Disease.

Coffee, Green and Black tea were thoroughly investigated in a series of scientific experiments. Black tea (otherwise known as traditional English breakfast tea) is derived from the same plant as Green tea, Camellia Sinensis, but because it is fermented is different in its colour and taste.

They found that both Green and Black tea hindered the activity of enzymes associated with the development of Alzheimer's disease but Coffee had barely any effect. Both teas inhibited the activity of the enzyme Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) which breaks down the chemical neurotransmitter, Acetylcholine. Alzheimer's is characterised by a significant drop in acetylcholine. Green tea and Black tea also hinder the activity of the enzyme butyrylcholinesterase (BuChE), which has been discovered in protein deposits which are found in the brain of patients with Alzheimer's.

Green tea went that one step further in that it obstructed the activity of beta-secretase, which plays a part in the production of protein deposits in the brain which are associated with Alzheimer's disease. Scientists also found that its inhibitive effects continued on for a week; Black tea on the other hand only inhibited enzymes for just one day.

There is of yet, no cure for Alzheimer's but it certainly is possible to slow the development of the disease. Drugs currently on the market hinder the activity of AChE, and others are being developed which scientists hope will inhibit the activity of BuChE and Beta-Secretase.

The researchers at Newcastle University are now actively seeking funding to enable them carry out further tests on Green tea, which they hope will lead onto clinical trials. Although it may be a while before anything can be marketed, this is a very important and promising discovery. Tea could potentially be a breakthrough treatment in slowing the development of this debilitating disease and giving thousands of sufferers hope.

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