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Green tea could hold the key to preventing thousands of deaths each year caused by strokes and heart disease , a new study has claimed. 一项新的研究表明，每年都有上个人因中风和心脏疾病而死亡，而常喝绿茶则是预防这种死亡的关键。 Scientists had been researching epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG), a compound found in green tea, for its ability to reduce amyloid plaques in the brains of Alzheimer's disease patients. 科学家一直在研究绿茶中的一种成分epigallocatechin-3-gallate（简称EGCG），看其能否减少阿尔兹海默（老年痴呆）病人脑中的淀粉样斑块”（这些斑块会损害大脑细胞之间的联系，导致记忆力退化）。 However, a team from Lancaster University and the University of Leeds now believe EGCG can also break up potentially dangerous protein plaques found in blood vessels. 但是，来自兰开斯特大学和利兹大学的研究小组发现EGCG可以破坏血管上面有潜在危险的蛋白质沉积。 | 
