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After three days of information about green tea, surely we’ve covered everything? What more could we include? We’ve covered caffeine, proanthocyanins, and tannins and catechins. Are there still more interesting things to be found in green tea? We find selenium behaving as an anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory in green tea. It is a co-factor in the...
Yep, I’m still going on about the awesome power of green tea extract, but it really does deserve four posts! We’ve already looked at caffeine and proanthocyanins, and tomorrow we’ll take a look at the other things found in green tea. Today – tannins and catechins! Green tea extract is filled to the brim with...
I know I go on about labelling things, but there’s a good reason. Look at the picture to the left. Look at the picture to the right. If the sun wasn’t shining through the window and you were using the same bottles, the products would look very much the same. The one on the left...
Green tea is so chock full of awesomeness, I had to write a second post (and there’ll be a third and fourth post) to get all the awesome stuff in! Green tea contains up to 30% polyphenolic compounds (of the dry weight) in the form of proanthocyanidins, tannins, catechins, and so on. Let’s take a...
BATH BOMBSClick here for the handout from today’s class!These are super easy if you follow the instructions properly. Bath bombs are made with citric acid and baking soda. When you add them to the bath, they fizz up when they touch the water. (It’s like the volcanoes we made for school as kids with vinegar...