Guest guest Posted May 16, 2006 Report Share Posted May 16, 2006 Gallons of benefits in just two cups of tea Drink up to prevent ovarian cancer, latest study suggests By Karen Collins, R.D. New research supports and expands on previous studies to suggest that a lower risk of ovarian cancer may be as close as your teacup. Among a large group of Swedish women, those who drank at least two cups of tea a day developed 46 percent less ovarian cancer than non-tea drinkers. Black tea, which is the most popular tea in the U.S., is what most of these tea drinkers consumed, rather than the green tea, which is more common among Asian populations. This latest study linking tea with less ovarian cancer followed more than 61,000 Swedish middle-aged and older women for about 15 years. Those who drank at least two daily cups of tea had the lowest rates of this cancer, but even one cup a day decreased a woman's risk by 24 percent. Admittedly, tea-drinkers tend to have healthier lifestyles in many Western cultures than the general population because they exercise more, drink less alcohol, practice better weight control and eat more vegetables. In this study, however, other possible influences were taken into account. The lowered risk appeared after adjustments were made for factors influencing ovarian cancer risk, like a woman's weight, age, past pregnancies and consumption of calories, fruits, vegetables and alcohol. Since the study took place in Sweden, which is a nation of coffee drinkers, it's important to note that coffee consumption was unrelated to risk. The benefits of tea weren't due to drinking less coffee. Of course, some unidentified aspect of the tea drinkers' lifestyle or diet could still be involved in the reduced cancer risk. An earlier study compared women with ovarian cancer to a group of healthy women. Daily tea drinkers were 60 percent less likely to develop this type of cancer, and those who had drunk tea for more than thirty years had a more than 75 percent lower risk. Black or oolong tea seemed as protective as green tea, but since this study took place in China, more than 90 percent of the tea drinkers chose green tea. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11540151/ Keep your thoughts positive, because your thoughts become your words.Keep your words positive, because your words become your behavior.Keep your behavior positive, because your behavior becomes your habits.Keep your habits positive, because your habits become your values.Keep your values positive, because your values become your destiny. - Mahatma Gandhi Check Out My Groups: Everything Natural http://health./ Everything Magick EverythingMagick/ -- Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.5.6/340 - Release 5/15/2006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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