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Green Tea Helps With Cancer Treatment

One of the biggest health concerns mostEach day, as we convert the foods we eat
people have today is preventing cancer.into energy, we create free radicals in
Incidences of cancer and in the cancerour body. These free radicals are oxygen
mortality rate in the United States havecontaining molecules that can damage our
risen each year for the last fifty. Thecells and our DNA if we dont combat
age-adjusted cancer mortality rate inthem. It is believed that unchecked free
1930 was 143 per 100,000 members of theradicals contribute to the development
population, but by 1990, it had risen toof cancer.
174 per 100,000 in 1990.Anti-oxidants are powerful free radical
Medical technology has come along way incombatants. Fruits and vegetables are
treating this insidious disease, but wealso high in anti-oxidants.
still dont appear to know a great dealAnti-oxidants are linked with preventing
about preventing many types of cancer.cancer, and a decreased risk of stroke,
And, even with the treatments that we doheart disease and lower blood
have, 300 people in the United Statescholesterol.
die from cancer every single day.In addition to these anti-oxidants, all
Many of our countrys deaths from cancerteas, whether black, white or green
are completely preventable. For example,contain calcium, magnesium, potassium
about 90 percent of the one million skinand vitamins C and K. Green tea is also
cancers in the United States that wereappears to be very good for your teeth.
diagnosed in 2005 could have beenAs exciting as it is to think that green
prevented by protection from sun. Thetea may be helpful in preventing cancer;
American Cancer Society estimates thatwhats even more exciting is that it may
in 2006 about 170,000 lives will be lostalso be a powerful treatment for cancer.
to cancer because of tobacco use, soIn one recent study by the School of
these too are completely preventable.Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of
However, there are many other cancersShizuoka, Japan*, research showed that
that we cannot prevent, in part becausegreen tea, when combined with the drug
we dont know what causes them. But,Adriamycin, was more effective in
there may be a product already in yourtreating a certain kind of ovarian
cupboard that can help prevent, or evensarcoma (cancer of the ovaries) than
treat, cancer. Over the past severalusing the adriamycin alone.
years, medical science has begun toIn fact, the cancer cells in the rats in
scientifically prove out what Asianthe study were not very responsive at
culture seems to have known for years;all to the drug when it was administered
tea, particularly green tea is effectivealone; but when administered along with
in preserving health.the substance in tea called theanine,
The Chinese have used green tea forthe rats became extremely responsive to
centuries to treat everything fromthe treatment. The rats showed a much
headaches to depression. One of the mosthigher concentration of the drug in
significant health benefits that greentheir cancer cells when the drug was
tea appears to provide is preventionadministered along with the theanine.
against certain types of cancer. But,This combination of andriamycin and
the studies are getting even moretheanine appears to inhibit the growth
promising. It looks as though green teaof tumors; suggesting that cancer
can be an effective treatment forpatients might be able to avoid
certain types of cancer, too.progression of their tumors and might be
Tea comes from the Camellia sinensisless susceptible to developing new
plant. Therefore, what we refer to astumors, when green tea substances are
herb tea is not really tea at all, butused in conjunction with cancer drugs.
rather an herbal infusion. There areThis is, of course, very exciting news.
many different types of tea; most of theCancer treatment typically has two
differences come from the way the tea isfacets. The first is killing the
processed.cancerous cells that already exist in
Tea leaves naturally contain catechins.the body. The second is preventing new
Catechins belong to the flavan-3-olcancer cells from growing, both in the
class of flavonoids. EGCG is one of theorgan where the cancer originated, and
many catechins contained in tea, and isin other organs (metastasis).
considered to be the most powerfulIf green tea can help with both aspects
anti-oxidant in tea leaves.of cancer treatment, as well as
Fermenting the tea leaves, which is partpreventing cancer in the first place, we
of processing tea leaves for black tea,may be closer than ever to dramatically
converts these catechins to otherreducing the incidence of or even
compounds and reduces their healtheradicating this disease. Of course, far
benefits. Therefore, green tea, becausemore research is needed, but these
it is not fermented, retains more of itsresults are promising, indeed.
original anti-oxidants than black tea.School of Pharmaceutical Sciences,
Scientists have discovered that tea isUniversity of Shizuoka, Japan.
healthy primarily because of thesed7210@mail.p.u-shizuoka-ken.ac.
anti-oxidants.



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