Green tea prevents kidney stones
by
Charlotte Beard, RSC
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last modified
11-13-09 02:02 AM
Copyright, 2009 RSC
Drinking green tea can help prevent the formation of large kidney stones claim Chinese scientists.
Kidney
stones affect more than 5 per cent of the world population, and the
prevalence is rising says Xudong Li at Sichuan University, Chengdu,
China. The key component of kidney stones is calcium oxalate crystals
and Li has found green tea is effective in directing the
crystallisation to form less stable crystals. More....
http://www.rsc.org/Publishing/ChemScience/Volume/2009/12/green_tea.asp
http://www.rsc.org/Publishing/ChemScience/Volume/2009/12/green_tea.asp
