Possible new therapy for rheumatoid arthritis

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The University of Michigan Health System has found a compound within green tea. There is some proof that green tea provides people that suffer from rheumatoid arthritis.

A Experimental Biology in 2007 at Washington, D.C. found a link between a compound (epigallocatechin-3-gallate, EGCG) found in green tea as a potent anti-inflammatory benefits those whom suffer from rheumatoid arthritis. Epigallocatechin-3-gallate helps the molecules that is in the immune system contributing to eliminating the inflammation and join damage with people suffering from rheumatoid arthritis.

According to Salah-uddin Ahmed, Ph.D is the lead researcher on the study. Ahmed a research investigator with the Division of Rheumatolofy at U-M Health System.

So if you love Green Tea and your suffering from rheumatoid arthritis, than you might with to start drinking at the least three cups of green tea daily.