Green Tea Breast Cancer Prevention?

Can breast cancer be prevented by simply drinking a few cups of green tea each day?

Researchers are finding out, but there is already strong evidence that the polyphenols in green tea are very powerful fighters of free radicals.

A new study conducted by researchers at the University of Mississippi now finds that consuming EGCG significantly inhibits breast tumor growth in female mice.

One study conducted on patients undergoing chemotherapy noted that those participants who regularly drank green tea during their chemotherapy treatments, showed higher concentration of the chemotherapy drugs in their cancer cells than those who did not drink the green tea.

Additional studies have shown that green tea may prevent the recurrence of this disease in patients diagnosed in Stage 1 or 2 of the disease.

It is suggested that green tea is much better to drink than black tea in these circumstances because green tea is thought to reduce certain sex-steroid hormones, such as estone and estradiol, and that black tea may increase the level of these hormones.

If the reduction in breast cancer risk is due to the lower level of these sex-steroid hormones, then it is easy to see why green tea is more effective in cancer prevention than is black tea.

It's clear that we don't fully understand the relationship between tea and this disease, and that much more research should be performed.

But we do have clear indications that green tea helps to prevent many forms of cancer, this one among them.

So, it's a good idea to keep drinking your green tea. It is refreshing, delicious and widely available.

It is a simple way to improve our health and to reduce the risk of certain diseases.

Enjoy at least 4 cups daily of green tea, breast cancer may keep its distance!

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