Drink Tea to slash Breast Cancer Risk

This article is amazing, especially if you are under 50!!

Three Cups of Tea a Day Slashes Your Breast Cancer Risk - articles - articles.mercola.com

Just three cups of tea a day can reduce the risk of breast cancer in young women. New research shows that the chances of developing a tumor drop by around 37 percent in women under 50 who drank tea at least three times daily.

Older women who consumed similar amounts did not see a the same benefit; researchers theorized that the anti-cancer properties of tea may have a more potent effect on the types of tumors that tend to grow in younger women.

Dr. Mercola adds comments to this information. For this he added:
it’s becoming increasingly clear that high-quality tea has numerous health benefits to offer.

Among them is growing evidence that the polyphenols in tea, which include EGCG (epigallocatechin gallate) and many others, are protective against cancer. In this most recent study, women under 50 who drank three or more cups of tea a day had a 37 percent reduced risk of developing breast cancer.

Other studies have also highlighted tea’s potential to fight skin cancer, ovarian cancer, colon cancer, and prostate cancer, and compelling evidence suggests that the polyphenols in green tea are even more effective at fighting the progression of cancer than the antioxidants found in red wine and grapes.

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