Green tea lowers cancer risk,
according to researchers

Hundreds of experiments have studied whether green tea lowers cancer risk. The majority of experiments have used cancer cells or animals but some projects have analyzed humans' dietary habits and the impact on developing cancer.

According to the American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR), laboratory studies have shown that green tea can slow or completely prevent cancer development in breast, prostate, colon and liver cells. Other studies have found green tea lowers cancer risk in lung, skin and digestive tissues. Green tea contains polyphenols and flavanoids, which are known cancer-fighting antixoidants, and green tea is the best source of a flavanoid called catechins.

If you have cancer in your family history (like I do), drinking green tea every day is a natural and safe way to reduce your chance for developing cancer.

Green tea and breast cancer
A February 2009 article in the Journal of Nutrition reported that regular consumption of green tea lowers the risk for breast cancer. This study, which catalogued the tea drinking habits of 3454 women with breast cancer and 3474 healthy women, found that women who were regular green tea drinkers had a 12 percent reduced risk for breast cancer compared to women who drank no green tea.

In March 2009, the International Journal of Cancer contained research that determined drinking green tea and eating fresh mushrooms can drastically reduce the risk for breast cancer. The study, which involved 2,000 Chinese women, found that women who ate one-third of an ounce of fresh mushrooms each day reduced the likelihood of developing breast by 64 percent, compared to women who didn't eat mushrooms. Women who ate fresh mushrooms and drank green tea daily reduced their risk for breast cancer by 89 percent.

Green tea lowers cancer risk, but so do a number of fruits.

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