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Article #194: Health Benefit of Green Tea: Cancer Prevention

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There have already been numerous studies esophageal cancer prevention, more
that prove that green tea helps protect research has to be done.
drinkers against cancer. Statistics show Bladder Cancer
that cancer rates are lower in countries A few studies have been conducted on the
where people regularly drink green tea. health benefit of green tea on the human
Research has shown that polyphenols are bladder. Research has been done to
one source of the health benefit of green determine if there's a connection between
tea. Researchers believe that these bladder cancer and consumption of green
substances found in green tea are tea. Onestudy revealed that women who
influential in preventing the development drank green tea reduced their probability
of cancer. of developing bladder cancer. The study
Studies involving animal tests have shown was followed with another one revealing
that green tea reduces the formation of that patients with bladder cancer,
tumors for cancers of the skin, specifically men, whoconsumed green tea
esophagus, bladder, pancreas, ovary had a significantly improved chance of
cancer and prostate. The antioxidant surviving compared to those who did not
activity in green tea hasbeen reported to drink tea.
produce such results. Researchers are Pancreatic Cancer
also of the belief that polyphenols are Research has also been done on the health
essential in destroying cancerous cells benefit of green tea on the pancreas. A
and stopping their progression. study found that men and women who drank
Skin Cancer green tea had lesser chances of
Scientific research suggests that the developing cancer in the pancreas.
main polyphenol in green tea, which is However, the studydidn't particularly
called epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), point out that green tea was exclusively
and other green tea polyphenols possess responsible for reducing the risk of
anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer pancreatic cancer. Researchers still need
properties. One studyhas been done on the further studies before they can start
health benefit of green tea on the skin. recommending green tea for
The study showed that drinking tea helps pancreaticcancer prevention.
prevent the onset and growth of skin Ovarian Cancer
tumors. In China, a study was conducted on
Esophageal Cancer patients with ovarian cancer. It was
Animal studies have also been conducted observed that women who drank a cup of
and they showed that green tea green tea a day were able to survive
polyphenols help stop the growth of longer and lived the longest compared to
esophageal cancer cells. However, studies women who did not drinktea at all.
done on people have various results Prostate Cancer
regarding the healthbenefit of green tea. Green tea extracts have been shown in
One study showed that green tea laboratory studies to prevent the
consumption is an effective way to be development of prostate cancer cells in
protected from esophageal cancer, test tubes. A large study showed that
specifically among women. But another people who drank green tea with
study showed that drinking green tea increasing frequency, quantityand
increasedthe risk of developing duration reduced their risk of developing
esophageal cancer. This shows that before prostate cancer.
green tea can be recommended for






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