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If you are taking green tea solely for the cancer protection, you may be interested in the outcome of a methodical review of studies that concerned more than 1.6 million subjects looking at the benefits of green tea.

The review finds ‘limited’ evidence the green variety of tea offers any protecting benefits… Though it remains a natural, tasty beverage just the same.

Green tea comes from the same plant, Camellia sinensis, as black and oolong teas - each type is formed using different processing strategies, and all forms are sometimes brewed and drunk as a beverage.

Tea extracts can be taken in capsules, or you may find them in skin care products. Tea is safe for most people if you drink it carefully, though it does have some caffeine ( not without its own side effects ), and a small amount of vitamin K ( a controversy if you are taking anticoagulants like warfarin ) per cup.

There’s been lots of studies over the years on tea of the green kind and its benefits to the body, and some evidence that regular drinkers do have reduced risks of coronary disease and perhaps even some kinds of cancer.

In China this delectable drink is routinely used to treat illnesses like headaches and depression. There are masses of sorts of tea grown in places all over the world, which allows for natural differences in taste and color due to growing conditions, cropping and the type of processing.

The team of analysts who carried out the most recent work looked over existing scientific literature on the green range of tea - drinking or taking extracts - and identified 51 appropriate studies.

Twenty-seven of them were case-control studies, 23 cohort studies and one ( on prostate cancer ) a random controlled trial, the gold standard of clinical trials.

The studies assessed green tea consumption and carcinoma of the digestive tract, gynecological cancers including breast cancer, urological cancer including prostate cancer, lung cancer and cancer of the mouth. The studies used were judged to be of medium to high methodological quality.

When it comes to digestive cancers and this type of tea the results were ‘highly contradictory’. Boehm and the team found ‘limited evidence’ vis liver cancer risk and contrary evidence on digestive cancers.

Proof for bladder and lung cancers was ‘limited to moderate’, with a finding that green tea might actually increase the risk of bladder cancer. Green tea seemed to give no protection for stomach cancers, with results called ‘moderate to strong’ by the researchers.

Green tea proves its healthy reputation when it comes to prostate cancer. Studies that are considered better quality do support a link between green tea ( in libation or extract ) and lower risk of illness.

At best, at the moment the link between green tea and cancer remains unproven though you may have heard report of the research that link green tea to some amazing health benefits.

Some benefits like improving heart health, lowering high cholesterol, reducing the damage caused by free radicals, reducing the unusual formation of blood clots as well as reducing the progression of cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s illness.

Additional research is needed - a giant, carefully constructed research that involves subjects who really drink enough tea as part of their daily consumption.

Naturally such work is time consuming and expensive - pointless if you’re drinking tea for the taste and refreshment of it.

At intakes of 5 to 6 cups a day ( about 1,200 milliliters ) it is a safe, delicious libation and though the benefits of green tea haven’t been unconditionally confirmed, there is still proof to show it helps with some conditions.

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