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Daily consumption of green tea decreases serum MDA-LDL concentrations and may inhibit LDL oxidation in vivo. See paper by Hirano-Ohmori et al. (pp. 342-346). Tea growing, transportation and consumption has been a vital aspect of first Eastern, and then Western, populations for many centuries and has had a significant impact on tea-drinking cultures. Tea storage jars, like the one on the cover, are part of the art of Japanese tea consumption. The sixteenth century tea master Sen-no Rikkyu (1521-1591) advocated the use of simple Japanese stonewares as elevated expressions of restraint and cultivation. Tea-leaf storage jars were carried from Edo (Tokyo) to the tea-growing area of Uji, near Kyoto, in "the journey of the honorable tea jars" to collect tea for the shogun. Tea Storage Jar, late 16th/early 17th Century, Japanese, Founders Society Purchase, New Endowment Fund and Henry Ford II Fund. Photograph (c) 1989 The Detroit Institute of Arts. Image reproduced with the permission of The Detroit Institute of Arts.
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