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Various studies have found that this tea can lower bad cholesterol, reduce your risk of heart disease, and improve diabetes.<\/p>\nVarious studies have found that this tea 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 is also an amazing remedy for arthritis.<\/p>\n Best of all, it\u2019s dirt cheap and can be found everywhere.<\/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 the rats that were fed with EGCG did not really come as a surprise, as researchers have previously found that this substance has anti-inflammatory effects that worked 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 can be found to occur in rheumatoid arthritis.<\/p>\n In other words, your cup of green tea stops TAK1 from transmitting the messages that cause inflammation and swelling.<\/p>\n Will this work for people with osteoarthritis too?<\/p>\n