Alison Nielsen

Annotated Bibliography
Cooper, R. (2012). Green tea and theanine: health benefits. International Journal of Food
Sciences & Nutrition, 63,90-97. doi:10.3109/09637486.2011.629180
This journal article first discusses the background information of tea: types, growth, and
processing. It then analyzes the health benefits of drinking green tea. It mentions that
modern scientists are now studying the polyphenols and catechins (theanine) of green tea,
which give most insight to the health benefits of the beverage. The active ingredients in
green tea are said to help in protection from various digestive cancers and ovarian cancer,
high LDL levels, type two diabetes, and stress. Additionally, this article talks about how
green tea can aid in weight loss, and has positive results in preventing arthritis.

This source proves to be extremely useful in my research because it talks specifically

about green tea and no other type of tea. I like the fact that it gave me such a descriptive
background of tea, which will aid me in writing my background paragraph(s). This
scholarly article also does a great job on hitting all of the health aspects green tea aids in.
Specifically, I hope to use the information regarding cancers, stress, and LDL levels. I
found this source to be very beneficial to my research.

Ehrlich, S. (2011). Green tea. University of Maryland Medical Center. Retrieved from:
http://umm.edu/health/medical/altmed/herb/green-tea.
This article gives a general overview about tea and then goes into green tea specifically.
It then hits on the main points that most articles about the health benefits of green tea

does, but then it goes into more depth on the cancer subject. This article has ten different
cancers that it talks about. Each of these cancers has been tested to benefit from the use
green tea (prevention). Additionally, this article talks about something that the rest of
them dont: the available forms green tea comes in, the precautions that come with green
tea, and the interactions green tea can possibly have on other medications.

This article is very useful for my research because of the depth it goes in to. I like that it
goes into the normal health benefits of tea: low LDL levels, cancer, arthritis, etc.
However, this article does not stop there, it elaborates on the types of cancer that green
tea benefits, which I will definitely use in my research. Furthermore, this article also
includes the ways one could use green tea: drink, capsule, extracts, and caffeine free
supplements, and the precautions that come with the drink. I will use this information in
my research because it hasn't been mentioned in the other articles, and I find it important
to inform the audience as much as I can, even if there are precautions that come with
drinking green tea.

Ruxton, C. (2013). Emerging evidence for tea benefits. Nutrition Bulletin, 38(3), 287-301.
doi:10.1111/nbu.12040
This journal article highlights all types of tea, but leaves a special spotlight for green tea.
First this article begins with a normal introduction talking about tea in general and how
tea is made. Then it goes into what methods were used in studying how tea positively
affects oral health, gut health, glycemic health and weight loss. In the weight loss section,
there is a rather large, three page chart of multiple studies done on weight loss and green

tea. It then goes to say that all types of tea, including green tea, aid in weight loss. This
article then goes on to point out that green tea also has a beneficial aspect to oral health
green tea reduces the risk of tooth loss and may protect against chronic gastrointestinal
diseases. There is a very useful chart that goes along with all four of these health benefits.

This academic article has very useful charts for my research. These charts not only
provide an easy to understand overview of the various studies, they also provide another
way of understanding the material. I would definitely use these in my research
project/paper. I also like the points they make in the oral health section, because the other
articles do not focus on this subject. This article does a great job at providing many
research studies to back up its evidence.

Sinija, V. R., & Mishra, H. N. (2008). Green tea: Health benefits. Journal of Nutritional &
Environmental Medicine, 17(4), 232-242. doi:10.1080/13590840802518785
This research article focuses on epigallocatechin gallate as the most active catechin in
green tea. It also focuses on three other catechins that aid in the medical benefits of green
tea. These benefits include cancer prevention because of the nutrient-rich antioxidants in
green tea, exercise enhancement that green tea can provide, and many more. This article
also gives a very interesting concept map that displays the various aspects of the green
tea polyphenols that aid in health related topics. Overall, this article hits many health
related tea topics.

I found this research article to be useful in my research because of the concept map it
provides and the various topics it highlights on. I will probably stray away from the
cancer benefits because other articles touch on this, but I would like to use the anti-viral,
anti-fungal, and caffeine tea research. I also liked the concept map because it gives
another easier to read reference to the research being done on tea. This article does a fine
job of exploring all of the beneficial aspects of tea and not simply sticking to the various
cancers tea helps prevent.

Trevisanato, S. I., & Kim, Y. (2000). Tea and health. Nutrition Reviews, 58(1), 1-10. Retrieved
from http://umm.edu/health/medical/altmed/herb/green-tea
This scholarly article looks at tea as a whole, not just specifically green tea. It basically
takes all of the things the previous article talked about and reiterates them once again. It
talks about how tea, in general, can help with preventing cardiovascular disease and
cancer. It then touches all of the other types of cancer the articles above already
mentioned. Although this article does reiterate a lot of the points the previous article
makes, it also mentions teas prevention of kidney stones, and tea being an enhancing
mechanism to ones immune system.

This article is not as useful to my research as the other ones are. This is because it mostly
reiterates what has already been said and it is about tea in general, not specifically green
tea. However, I do like that it mentions teas role in preventing kidney stones, and all of
the chemical properties of tea that can affect health (iron levels and Alzheimers disease).
Overall, I could see myself using this article for a couple points, but nothing major. It is

however, good to have many references that all back up the same conclusions: tea does
aid in many aspects of health.