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Catechins

Phytochemical

Polyphenols in green tea with antiviral, anti-inflammatory, and chondroprotective properties

Food Sources

Foods that contain Catechins.

  • Green Tea

    Source: How Not to Age

  • Cocoa

    Catechin class of flavanols present in cocoa as well as green tea

    Source: Nutrition, Food and Diet in Ageing and Longevity

Health Benefits

Health conditions that Catechins may influence, based on research.

Protects Against

  • Osteoarthritis

    Green tea polyphenols are chondroprotective and anti-inflammatory in mouse osteoarthritis model; human RCT showed benefits

    Source: How Not to Age

  • Atherosclerosis

    Catechin flavanols in cocoa and green tea are well known for their antioxidant activities and capacity to reduce inflammation by reducing release of cytokines and chemokines from activated endothelial cells

    Source: Nutrition, Food and Diet in Ageing and Longevity

Biological Mechanisms

How Catechins works at a cellular level.

  • PromotesReduces inflammation

    Green tea catechins downregulate several inflammation processes and upregulate anabolic factors; modulate miRNA expression and improve collagen protection

  • PromotesStimulates AMPK and reduces fat and protein absorption in the intestine

    Tea polyphenols stimulate AMP-activated protein kinase and reduce calorie intake via decrease of the proteins' and lipids' absorption into the intestine.

Sources

  • How Not to Age
  • Nutrition, Food and Diet in Ageing and Longevity