st beginning to understand the health benefits of
green tea. But, it seems sure that green tea is one of the best
things we can do to protect our health, slow down the aging
process and prevent disease. One disease of particular interest
in terms of green tea’s affect is cancer.
Cancer is still one of the leading causes of death in the
world. In fact, 300 people die of cancer every single day in
the US alone. Yet, research is showing over and over again that
the anti-oxidants in green tea may hold the power to prevent,
and even treat, many types of cancers.
And, we know that many cancers are entirely preventable, yet
continue to be a leading cause of death. Nearly all skin cancer
is preventable, simply by wearing sunscreen, and the vast
majority of lung cancer patients contract the disease after
years of smoking. Smoking is, in fact, the number one risk
factor for developing lung cancer.
But, even for smokers, there is evidence that green tea may
provide protective benefits from the very cancer for which
they’re at risk; lung cancer.
A study at the Toxicology Research Center in Korea suggests
that drinking green tea may provide protective benefits to the
lungs, even to people who smoke. In their study, they tested
four groups of people; nonsmokers, smokers, smokers who drank
green tea, and smokers who drank coffee. The smokers in the
study averaged at least 13 years of smoking.
For the study groups consuming tea and coffee, their intake was
2-3 cups each day for six months. The smokers who drank green
tea had a significantly lower incidence of sisterchromatid
exchange (SCE), the damage that leads to lung cancer, than the
smokers who drank coffee and the smokers who did not consume
any special beverage. In fact, the amount of SCE damage in the
tea drinkers was comparable with that of the non-smokers, who
showed very little sign of SCE.
This led researchers to the conclusion that drinking green tea
may help prevent lung cancer, even if you smoke. It also
concluded that drinking coffee had neither a negative nor a
positive effect on patients’ SCE levels.
So, it seems that it’s more important than ever to get your
daily dose of the anti-oxidants that green tea can provide. If
you smoke, of course your best course of action would be to
stop smoking. But, either way, it appears you should be
drinking green tea!
About The Author: Marcus Stout is President of the Golden Moon
Tea Company. For more information about tea, green tea and wu
long tea go to http://www.goldenmoontea.com
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