Green Tea and Breast Cancer
Filed in archive Breast Cancer on May 9, 2007
It's believed that green tea has many health benefits. Chinese Food at About.com tells us:
To sum up, here are just a few medical conditions in which drinking green tea is reputed to be helpful:
- cancer
- rheumatoid arthritis
- high cholesterol levels
- cariovascular disease
- infection
- impaired immune function
In a recent article, Medical News Today reports:
The tea that has been studied the most is green tea, Carol Koprowski, Ph.D., R.D., assistant professor of preventive medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of USC notes. It¹s one of the few teas out there that has been shown to have antioxidants that may protect against cell damage Epidemiologist Anna Wu, Ph.D., professor of preventive medicine at the Keck School, is studying the relationship between green tea consumption and breast cancer risk. An earlier study about breast cancer risk among Asian-American women showed that green tea intake had a strong protective effect, while the more commonly consumed black tea had no effect at all, she says.
With all the controversy over coffee and Cola, why not switch to a more beneficial beverage - green tea.

- cancer
- rheumatoid arthritis
- high cholesterol levels
- cariovascular disease
- infection
- impaired immune function
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Response from:
jen
(05/10/07 2:48am)
I love drinking green tea especially teacuppa gunpowder and cloud mist green tea!
Response from:
Florence
(05/29/07 10:35am)
The East has a lot of knowledge thast we should take to heart. Green tea is a good example. So is acupuncture.
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