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January 26th, 2010 at 7:26 am

Green Tea and Anti-Aging

green.tea.anti.agingGreen tea, a minimally oxidized version of tea, Camellia sinensis. Just the land of China, but mainly associated with many other cultures in Asia and the Middle East.

The extracts were gaining in popularity as an important element in the preparation of plans for the care of the skin to treat skin preparations as anti-aging. Anti green tea polyphenols, antioxidant compounds are important inflammatory and suspect studies, and recent events have shown that these extracts can reconcile the damage caused by ultraviolet radiation.

Green tea is not as anti-aging help Help?

When we examined the effects of combination therapy of topical and oral supplements on clinical and histological features of photoaging, it shows a positive impact on the network against the effects of aging.

The results of specific anti-aging

Our study with 40 women with moderate photoaging, “and that these women were assigned at random, or a combination of 10% cream and green tea supplements of 300 mg twice a day, participants orally or placebo for 8 weeks. In this study were carefully monitored and the results of their experiments in an attempt to mitigate the impact on the aging of the skin white and documented.

What are the results of our study described

At the end of the study, when we reviewed the results, no significant difference in the clinical classification were among the treatment groups and placebo was found, except in the higher subjective evaluations of irritation in the treated group.

Grading of a skin biopsy showed a marked improvement in elastic fiber samples. Participants who received combined treatment with green tea topical and oral showed histological improvement in the content of elastic fibers. Green tea polyphenols have been made to protect human skin against the signs of aging skin with a clinically significant change, but it could not be detected.

Because the supplement clinically observable improvement is needed.

What our results?

This means that often talked about the benefits of green tea in the skin, is not something that will validate this study. Although the results show that it is a great advantage, of course, does not reject the possibility of an advantage. The only company that follows the conclusion that further studies were conducted, which are configured to be measured should be long term.

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