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So, What’s So Special About Green Tea?

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Apr
14
2011
Green Tea Benefits

Green tea for thousands of years has been one of China's best-kept secrets to good health. This simple, unassuming drink contains lots of immune system boosting antioxidants. According to Web MD, green tea contains eight to ten times the antioxidants as your average fruit or vegetable. That's an amazing bonus from something made in a few moments and that you can drink in just a few seconds. Of course, savoring your tea is perfectly fine too. Green tea contains several types of antioxidants. Some of the most important found in green tea are falconoid, mostly made up of catechins, thearubigins, and epicatechins. These antioxidants are shown to protect cells from free radicals, which can cause cancer and certain types of heart disease. Simply drinking two or three cups a day helps protect your heart. Some experts even recommend drinking up to ten cups a day of this stuff. Luckily, one can't overdose on it. Iced green tea makes a refreshing drink after a hard workout. … [Read more...]

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Does Green Tea Lower Oral Cancer Risk?

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Aug
31
2010
Green Tea and Oral Cancer

Can sipping a cup of green tea give you protection against oral cancer? It looks promising according to a study published in the journal Cancer Prevention Research. According to this new research, the polyphenols found in green tea may be a natural way to reduce the risk of oral cancer. Green Tea and the Risk of Oral Cancer To look at the effects of a green on the risk of oral cancer, researchers gave a group of forty-one people with precancerous leukoplakia one of three different doses of green tea extract for a period of three months. Leukoplaka is a condition where white patches form on the mouth and tongue and is a marker for a higher risk of oral cancer. The results? The participants who took the two highest doses of green tea extract showed the greatest clinical response, although all of the green tea extract users had a better response than those who took a placebo. According to what the researchers found on biopsy, the green tea extract stops angiogenesis – the process by … [Read more...]

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Drinking Tea May Cut Ovarian Cancer Risk

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Aug
06
2010
Drinking Tea May Reduce Ovarian Cancer Risk

Can drinking tea everyday lower your risk of ovarian cancer? According to a new study from the Queensland Institute of Medical Research, it can. Now there’s one more reason to get out the teapot and enjoy the many health benefits this popular beverage has to offer. This study looked at the tea drinking habits of 2,700 women living in Australian – half who had ovarian cancer and half of whom didn’t. They found that women who drank more than four cups of tea a day had a thirty percent lower ovarian cancer risk relative to women who weren’t tea drinkers. Although green tea has received the most focus in terms of cancer prevention, black and herbal teas were just as effective in this study. This isn’t the first study to show that drinking tea lowers the risk of ovarian cancer. A 2005 study found that drinking as little as two cups a day lowered ovarian cancer risk by forty-six percent. Tea may be the drink of choice when it comes to preventing ovarian cancer – the eighth most … [Read more...]

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