Drinking green tea helps the skin protect itself from the sun and prevent cancer

Anh Thu – NLĐO

A study published in the scientific journal Nutrients shows that green tea can be a “miracle drug” that repels the harmful effects of UV rays.

A research team from Chulalongkorn University and Chiang Mai University (Thailand) examined the effects of bioactive compounds in green tea and discovered a series of exciting properties.

Green tea is a suitable drink to fight the harmful effects of UV during the hot season.

Writing in Nutrients, the authors said they studied this drink because tea is one of the most widely consumed beverages worldwide and is available in many different forms.

Green tea is one of the wealthiest teams in antioxidants, including polyphenols, caffeine, minerals, and small amounts of vitamins, amino acids, and carbohydrates.

The research team analyzed the tea’s ingredients in depth and tested these ingredients on animal models.

The results show that drinking tea can significantly help people in the tropics in the context of UV rays (ultraviolet rays), which are increasingly emerging as a factor harmful to human health when the ozone layer is thin, gradually due to pollution.

The skin is one of the organs most severely attacked by these rays. However, plant compounds in green tea promote anti-photoaging properties in this organ, thereby preventing skin aging caused by UV rays.

Among them, the most critical “miracle drugs” belong to the polyphenol group, which are antioxidant compounds that can positively change the physiological properties of our cells, thereby fighting the aging process due to UV.

In addition, these polyphenols also help reduce stress and protect nerves and related health complications, which has been proven through several clinical trials that other studies have conducted.

In addition, a famous compound in green tea, ECGC, can prevent the incidence and diversity of skin tumors in mice, according to a mechanism similar to helping prevent skin cancer in humans.

EGCG can fight the formation of tumors caused by UV and prevent it from damaging DNA. Damaged DNA has long been known to be a factor that can lead to many forms of cancer.

This compound also helps protect your skin from sunburn.

In tests on mice, diverse compounds from green tea also promote the ability to fight wrinkles by encouraging the body to increase collagen synthesis.

Subsequent human trials showed that the best way to receive these benefits is to… drink tea, something many people worldwide still do every day.

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