Keeping Memories Alive with Green Tea: Bigelow Tea Commemorates National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month

When the mind seems gone,
A musical memory lingers -
A hymn, a song, a ballad of love.
We tap or we clap
Or we sing!

Sometimes we wander,
Yearning, searching.
Finally, after some detours
We find home,
Or does Home find us!?

From “Musical Memory and Home” – by John Oldham

(Image Courtesy of Care2.com)

As we journey through the chapters of our lives, we accumulate a wealth of memories – priceless collectibles living within the safety of our minds. Imagine, if you will, what it would be like if there was a breach of security, and the mind was no longer able to safely harbor all those memories?  An unsettling thought, but it’s a reality that people suffering with Alzheimer’s deal with every day. To these men and women and their families, we at Bigelow Tea commemorate you – this month, National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month , and every month.

Hope springs eternal, as the saying goes.  So, we want to focus on all the wonderful (and tasty) ways we can try to preserve our memory. And, for us, this means drinking green tea!  Recent studies have correlated certain green tea catechins with preventing cognitive deficits, like nerve damage and memory loss, linked to plaque formation in the brain.  The catechin, known as EGCG, Epigallocatechin Gallate, decreases production of plaque build-up from the beta-amyloid protein deposits -  which play a key role in the development of Alzheimer’s symptoms.  Green tea, with its many anti-oxidants, is such a wonderfully organic tonic – it soothes the body and the mind.

Green tea is at the top of the brain food list. So are blueberries and acai berries. Here’s an idea: why not increase the health benefits and try our Bigelow® Green Tea with Blueberry and Bigelow® Organic Green Tea with Pomegranate and Acai ?