Green Tea Protects against Digestive System Cancer

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer result of a study based on a comprehensive and observations made by researchers in the Center, the regular green tea consumption for women's stomach, esophagus, colon and rectum cancers such as gastrointestinal cancer, the risk of, were found to be less than those who consume green tea.

To investigate the effect of preventing the occurrence of cancer of green tea, the researchers who conducted the study, "Shanghai Women's Health Study" Another 75,000 middle-age and older who participated in the study called the Chinese women have observed the patient. At the beginning of the research they are drinking drink tea, participants were asked whether they consume what kind of tea they drink. Chinese many The woman said that they regularly consumed green tea.



Volunteers who participated in the survey were also asked questions about their lifestyle. For example, how much exercise they have consumed, consumed or consumed alcohol or cigarettes, what kind of food they were searched for. pests such as smoking and alcohol as potential agents that increase the risk for cancer research by the inclusion of women using these substances, research has been done on women who consume alcohol and cigarettes. By influencing the results of studying on this count, the risk factors that could lead to errors were eliminated.

According to the statistical data at the end of the investigation, 6 months or over a longer period of time, at least 3 times in green tea that women who consume a week, all digestive system cancers the detection rate of 17% compared with those who consumed tea was found to be less. However, with the increase in the amount of green tea consumed, the risk of cancer has been found to decrease proportionally. For example, women who have 2-3 cups of green tea per day have been reported to have cancer rates of 21% less than others.

For women who consumed green tea for longer periods, the risks of cancer were reduced in proportion. The rate of protection against all digestive system cancers in women who regularly drink green tea over 20 years is 27% higher. Particularly, this information emphasizes the importance of continuous and long-term consumption of green tea.

Tea types contain antioxidants such as polyphenols and catechins. In particular, these antioxidants in green tea and white tea, is in a much larger amount than black tea and tea varieties that are therefore more effective defense against disease. Like catechins found in tea, antioxidants are thought to prevent tumor growth and propagation by decreasing the rate of mutation by preventing damage to DNA.