Green Tea -- Beats Avandia for Diabetes, and No Deadly Side Effects - Articles

Green Tea -- Beats Avandia for Diabetes, and No Deadly Side Effects - Articles: "compound in green tea, EGCG (epigallocatechin gallate), works as well in moderately diabetic mice as GlaxoSmithKline’s diabetes drug Avandia, according to researchers from Sweden’s Karolinska Institute. In the study, 5-week-old moderately diabetic and severely diabetic mice were fed EGCG or given Avandia. After five and 10 weeks of treatment, the blood sugar and insulin levels of the mice were tested."