Coronary heart disease, stroke, diabetes, high blood and liver cancer now is still the number one killer disease in Indonesia. Later, the disease not only attacks the elderly people because of factors degeneratif but productive age.
Indonesia also known as a country with a person with diabetes terbnyak number four in the world. Age of diabetics is more down to the stretch with 25-45 years of age. Meanwhile, ten years ago diabetic patients on average those aged 50 years to level.
One of the causes of the emergence of the disease is the accumulation of free radicals or oxidants. Free radicals can destroy the system and network integrity DNA in our bodies. This condition is menstimulus accelerated aging process, and cause holocaust Lever board on other diseases such as heart disease and cancer.
After the progress of the industry, and increasingly high chance the disease, people switch to a preventive treatment, in the form of a drink from natural material. One is to consume beverages that contain natural substances that can reduce free radicals such as black tea or black tea.
Properties of black tea expressed Teachers of Food and Nutrition Bogor Institute of Agriculture (IPB), Prof. Dr. Ali Khomsan MS and health experts from the heart. Mohammad Taufik Spj. "It is true that black tea or black tea has benefits such as lower risk of cancer, prevent coronary heart, prevent aging and may also reduce the rate of cholesterol in the blood," said Dr Ali Khomsan MS.
Ali Khomsan further explain, from a variety of reference, it is known that black tea is consumed during this our community, many components of the compound is good for the body. Is the main antioxidant and Theaflavin high enough. Compound that has the effect can reduce the risk of diseases such as cancer and prevent coronary heart.
"Black tea or black tea made from tea leaves of fresh shoots left before the fade was, and then heated and dried. Tea is also called black tea fermentation, "he said.
One health expert from the heart of the City of Rain Bogor, Dr. Mohammad Taufik H. Sp.J supports the opinion of Prof. Dr. Ali Khomsan that black tea useful to reduce coronary heart disease, cancer, diabetes and stroke.
Unfortunately, according to Taufik, the benefits contained in the drink black tea has not been known by many people. This is due to the lack of socialization and publication of various studies about the benefits of black tea for health. B
National Heart Center Heart Hospital Harapan Kita Jakarta (RSJHK) also explained the results of research in a talkshow with the theme "The Effects of Black Tea Prevents contracts and coronary heart disease risk" that was held in the Aula RSJHK Jakarta, some time ago.
According to the results of such research, Katekin-substances that can be called against the disease degeneratif-form appeared Theaflavin compound. This is an antioxidant compound, antikanker, antimutagenik, anti antidiabetes and other diseases. Theaflavin compound in the number of black tea significantly.
The antioxidant is expressed as a simple compound that is able to impede or prevent oxidation. Based on the source, anti-oxidants can be divided into natural and synthetic antioxidants. Theaflavin is a natural antioxidant potential.
Ability as a catcher is not free radical decisions can be more tempered. Theaflavin antioxidant ability as it is not enough to there. As the antioxidant activity in the hamper LDL oxidation (Low Density Lippoprotein) appeared to indicate that incredible.
In seduhan black tea, Theaflavin give yellowish color red, while the Thearubigin and Theanapthoquinone each color of red and yellow slab browned. To this taste, with caffeine, Theaflavin in the black tea to give fresh taste.
Research in the Netherlands concluded that the habit of drinking black tea or black tea can prevent cholesterol in the blood arteries, particularly in women. Drinking black tea for one to two cups able to push cholesterol to 46%, and if you drink four cups can reach 69%.
This is supported by the results of research in the United States shows that heart attacks decreased 40% of the people who make drinking black tea. Black tea also showed a convincing ability as a natural source of food for diabetics, especially in the capacity to increase insulin activity.
Research conducted by the Ministry of Agriculture, United States, which has been published in the Journal Agric Food Chem 2002, shows the ability of black tea to increase the activity of insulin beyond green tea and oolong tea.
According to Mohammad Taufik, usually, health experts will publish the results of research, after some time doing research. When the results of research show the same results, new research is published. However, when the new one-time research, the results would not be published.
"If the new research is that we do not we may publish. Usually, research has been published is that research has repeatedly, "said the doctor sepesialis heart of this.
Based on the processing, tea is classified into three types of black tea (or fermentation oksimatis, ensimatis oxidation from succinctness), oolong tea and green tea. Logical consequence of the differences in the process, causing the product tea inception difference either physical or chemical.
In chemicals, the most prominent difference is the difference in the content of the composition of compound Polyfenol. In the processing of black tea and oolong tea, some Katekin changed to Theaflavin, Thearubigin, and Theanaphtoquinone. Although not sepopuler grandmother moyangnya (Katekin), Theaflavin have learned a lot by some researchers.
