I would like to report the use of high amount of tea (15-20 cups per day) by patients with chronic schizophrenia. In 3 years of clinical practice in psychiatry I have come across 11 patients where excessive tea consumption was one of the presenting complaints. 7 were male and 4 were female patients. Mean period of illness was 4.5 years. Family members reported that if these patients were not gi...

PURPOSE Coffee is among the most widely consumed beverages in the world. Numerous epidemiological studies have reported a significant inverse association between coffee consumption and risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus, but the underlying mechanisms are still not fully understood. Therefore, we conducted an epidemiological study to clarify the relationship between coffee consumption and adiponec...

This study has been initiated with an aim of enhancing the acoustical comfort levels in architectural studios Bilkent University Ankara. Initial assessment by field tests indicated very long reverberation times, supporting complaints students and instructors. In order to be applied studio environment, panels are developed out recycled materials. The increasing coffee demand consumption our era ...

Thirty-two commercially available teas consisting of green, oolong and black teas were bought from supermarkets in Christchurch, New Zealand in June 2001. Fifteen herbal teas were also purchased at the same time. The soluble oxalate content of the infusate made from each of the teas was determined using high pressure liquid chromatography. The mean soluble oxalate contents of black tea in tea b...

background: drinking a high amount of tea, cooking methods, dietary habits and different spices used during the cooking process could be associated with different chronic diseases such as overweight and hypertension. this study was conducted with regards to the prevention importance of these disorders from an early age. methods: a representative sample of 110 young females aged between 18 and 2...

tea is the second most commonly consumed beverage world wide. tea ( camellia sinensis ) is a naturally rich source of fluoride. the quantity of fluoride intake is important in optimizing its dental caries-preventive role. intense concentration of fluoride in tea, can lead to excessive fluoride intake which may cause health problems in turn. the measurement of fluoride intake usually requires in...

To investigate whether green tea consumption has an etiological association with prostate cancer, a case-control study was conducted in Hangzhou, southeast China during 2001-2002. The cases were 130 incident patients with histologically confirmed adenocarcinoma of the prostate. The controls were 274 hospital inpatients without prostate cancer or any other malignant diseases, and matched to the ...

A LADY declares that by tasting a cup of tea made with milk she can diaaimiaate whether the milk or the tea infusion was first added to the cup: We wiil consider the problem of designing an experiment by means of which this assertion can be tested . For this purpose let us first lay down a•airaple fonn of experiment with a view to studying its limitations and Its chu'acteristics, both those whi...

OBJECTIVE The purposes of this study were to perform a detailed analysis how: i) the frequency of coffee/tea consumption and ii) the use of additives in coffee/tea is associated with measures of total and abdominal obesity. METHOD 3,823 participants of the 2003-2004 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey were examined. Obesity was assessed by BMI and waist circumference (WC). Coffee...

BACKGROUND This study was undertaken to evaluate the possible effects of different daily doses of black tea intake on certain oxidative stress, inflammatory and metabolic biomarkers in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). METHODS Forty-six patients with known T2DM were randomly assigned either to the test (n = 23, 57.0 +/- 7.9 years) or the control (n = 23, 55.4 +/- 8.3 years) group...