Friday, October 12, 2007

Green tea may halve prostate cancer risk

Drinking five cups of green tea a day may reduce the risk of advanced prostate cancer by 48 per cent compared to drinking less than one cup per day, reports a new study from Japan's National Cancer Center report in the American Journal of Epidemiology.

The Japan Public Health Center-based Prospective Study (JPHC Study) studied 49,920 Japanese men aged from 40 to 69. The participants completed a questionnaires at the start of the study to identify dietary intakes, including their habitual green tea consumption.

Steve - we know that the specific polyphenols in green tea are epigenetic-friendly, which helps keep cancerous genetic defects from expressing themselves negatively.

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