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Can Green Tea Really Help in Preventing Cancer?

In recent years, green tea has received a lot of attention because of its ability to be recognized to prevent and possibly to treat cancer. Green tea can actually help in the battle to eradicate cancer?

Well, the answer is yes. It seems one of the most important tools preventing cancer. Anti-oxidants are effective against free radicals created in our bodies as we process food.

The free radicals produced by our body cells and our DNA, and eventually lead to disease if we do not fight them. Anti-oxidants are our most important defence against free radical damage.

Where Can I Find Anti-oxidants?

Antioxidants occur naturally in fruits and vegetables. They are also abundant in the Camellia sinensis plant, which happens to be the tea plant.

So, to help to reduce the risk of cancer, your diet should be rich in fruits, vegetables and tea. But, why all the discussion about the health benefits of green tea and tea in general?

The answer is in the processing. Black tea is fermented during processing; the processing of changing the nature of anti-oxidants into another state, reducing their health benefits.

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What is the evidence that it really prevent cancer?

There are many studies in recent years that have supported the theory that green tea prevents cancer. One important study conducted by the Saitama Cancer Centre Research Institute in Japan.

This study shows that when mice were fed EGCG (the most potent anti-oxidants in green tea) of green tea, EGCG appears on the organ where the cancer is, and seems to have an effect on cancer cells.

So, how much green tea do I need?

One question that often appears on the consumption of green tea for health benefits is how much is needed to make a difference. Well, it's a very good question, and one which we do not have definitive answers.

Although there is no recipe for the amount of green tea reduces the risk of cancer, or treat your cancer after it happens, we believe that you have to drink quite a bit if you do it for the health benefits.

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