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Various studies have found that it can lower bad cholesterol, reduce your risk of heart disease, and improve diabetes. <\/p>\nVarious studies have found that it can lower bad cholesterol, reduce your risk of heart disease, and improve diabetes. <\/p>\n
And now, according to a new study published in the journal Arthritis and Rheumatology<\/em>, it\u2019s also an amazing arthritis remedy.<\/p>\n A research team led by an academic at Washington State University College of Pharmacy in Spokane discovered this amazing arthritis remedy in the form of epigallocatechin-3-gallate, or EGCG. <\/p>\n This is a polyphenol that is abundant in green tea. <\/p>\n They divided rats with rheumatoid arthritis in their ankles into two groups, one that received EGCG, and another received a placebo. <\/p>\n The fact that the swelling improved in the joints of those rats fed the EGCG did not really come as a surprise, as researchers have previously found that this substance has anti-inflammatory effects against arthritis.<\/p>\n But how does this work?<\/p>\n You see, EGCG inhibits the activity of TAK1, a protein that pro-inflammatory cytokines use to transmit their signals to trigger the inflammation and tissue breakdown that occurs in rheumatoid arthritis.<\/p>\n In other words, your green tea stops TAK1 from transmitting the messages that cause the inflammation and swelling.<\/p>\n Will this work for people with osteoarthritis too? <\/p>\n