Studies with green tea supplements typically provide 200 mg to 300 mg per day. These benefits are generally associated with consumption of 3 or more cups per day. Benefits include a modest reduction in LDL cholesterol, reduced growth of uterine fibroids and associations with lower risks of cardiovascular disease, certain cancers and type 2 diabetes. Health benefits of green tea:Health benefits are generally associated with catechins in green tea, most notably EGCG.Green tea also contains caffeine - about half as much per cup as in coffee (see What It Is). It is sold in many forms such as tea bags, loose teas, matcha powders, bottled teas, and as supplements containing extracts with high concentrations of catechins. It is higher in catechins (polyphenols) such as EGCG than black tea. What is green tea?Green tea is made by lightly steaming freshly cut leaves of Camellia sinensis.
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What happens to them-and to the men they love-becomes an unforgettable drama of loyalty, justice, humanity and passion. They will be joined by three other singular women who become known as the Packhorse Librarians of Kentucky. The leader, and soon Alice's greatest ally, is Margery, a smart-talking, self-sufficient woman who's never asked a man's permission for anything. So when a call goes out for a team of women to deliver books as part of Eleanor Roosevelt’s new traveling library, Alice signs on enthusiastically. From the author of Me Before You, set in Depression-era America, a breathtaking story of five extraordinary women and their remarkable journey through the mountains of Kentucky and beyond.Īlice Wright marries handsome American Bennett Van Cleve hoping to escape her stifling life in England.īut small-town Kentucky quickly proves equally claustrophobic, especially living alongside her overbearing father-in-law. She joined Boston Ballet as a second soloist in 2021. In 2016, DePrince was named an ambassador for War Child Holland. She was featured in the ballet documentary First Position and appeared on ABC TV’s Dancing with the Stars.ĭePrince champions disadvantaged young people, with whom she shares her message of hard work, perseverance, and hope, to encourage them to strive for their dreams. DePrince has performed as a guest artist with English National Ballet as Myrtha in Giselle. She also performed in David Dawson’s A Million Kisses to my Skin and Empire Noir. Today Michaela DePrince is a role model for girls on and off stage. Michaela DePrince is the embodiment of what it means to fight for your dream. In 2014, Michaela joined the Dutch National Ballet, where she rose through the company and was appointed soloist in 2016.ĭePrince’s repertoire includes Coppélia, The Nutcracker, Swan Lake, and George Balanchine’s Tarantella. 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She is also the author of BEDTIME BONNET. Nancy Redd is an award-winning on-air host, a New York Times and USA Today best-selling author, a two-time Mom's Choice Award winner, an NAACP Image Award nominee for outstanding literary work, and a GLAAD Media Award nominee for outstanding digital journalism. A similar process may well be under way with the advent of the Trump regime in the United States. What makes it worse is that such would-be dictators enjoy popular support for what they are doing. Democracies are now being destroyed in Russia, Hungary, Turkey and Poland, as strongmen such as Putin, Orban, Erdoğan and Kaczyński dismantle civil liberties, silence critical voices and suppress independent institutions. After a period following the collapse of the Soviet Union, when constitutional democracy spread to many countries not just in Europe but across the globe, and Francis Fukuyama declared that history had come to an end, the tide seems to have turned. 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