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Is it Wu long or Oolong Tea?

I have been receiving lots of emails and phone calls about wu long tea. People want to know what it is and can it really help you lose weight. Since Junes newsletter gave an over view of tea, I thought this would be a good time to discuss oolong tea. The other types of tea will be discussed in the next four newsletters.

In a nutshell oolong and wu long are the same type of tea. The term “wu long” comes from the Chinese “wu” for black and “lung” for dragon. In the west, the preferred term for this type of tea is oolong. The word wu long almost always appears as Wu long Slimming Tea. This “rare” diet tea is imported from a secret mountain in China and will make you lose weight. In reality, oolong tea is not rare. Yes, it can help raise your metabolism; a smidge, but not enough to make the weight just pour off. Replace sodas and juice with any type of tea and a noticeable weight loss will probably happen.

Oolong leaves are processed right after they are picked. The first step is to allow the leaves to wilt under the sun. Next, the leaves are placed in a basket and shaken. This bruises the leaves and allows the juices to be exposed to the air to begin oxidizing (fermenting.) Now the leaves are spread out to dry. Since these leaves are to be oolong tea, they will only be oxidized for a couple of hours. Black tea would take much longer. The last step is to fire the leaves using hot woks to stop the fermenting process. Depending on the oolong being made, the leaves may be fired again. Oolong teas have a variety of different flavors. Some have a nutty undertone while others have a sweetness to them.

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If you are too heated, it will cool you.

If you are depressed, it will cheer you. If you are excited, it will calm you.

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Green Tea May Fight Lung Cancer

Green Tea Extract Tweaks Lung Cancer Cells in Lab Tests

By Miranda Hitti
WebMD Medical News

Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD

March 12, 2007 -- Green tea may fight lung cancer and could inspire the creation of new lung cancer drugs, scientists report.

But it may be too soon to count on a cup of green tea to curb lung cancer. So far, the scientists have only tested green tea extract against human lung cancer cells in test tubes, not people.

The researchers included Qing-Yi Lu, PhD, of the Center for Human Nutrition at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA).

Lu and colleagues exposed a sample of human lung cancer cells to a decaffeinated green tea extract. The lung cancer cells marinated in the green tea extract for up to three days.

The green tea extract remodeled a certain protein in the lung cancer cells. As a result, the lung cancer cells became more likely to stick together and less likely to move, the study shows.

Antioxidants in green tea may have tweaked the cancer cell protein, but it's not clear whether one antioxidant deserves all the credit or whether several antioxidants worked together, the researchers note.

The study doesn’t prove that drinking green tea curbs lung cancer in people.

However, it may be possible to make new lung cancer drugs based on green tea extract, Lu's team suggests. Such drugs would target the lung cancer protein remodeled by the green tea extract in the lab tests.

The study appears online in Laboratory Investigation.

SOURCES: Lu, Q. Laboratory Investigation, March 12, 2007; online edition. News release, Laboratory Investigation.