Green Tea And Prostate Cancer
Recent media releases have informed us that some of the properties in green teas can possibly reduce the chance of men getting prostate and different forms of cancers. Scientists based in the USA have shown that green teas contain a component that will reduce the amounts of a protein that has been linked to the development of this disease.
Drinking Green tea possibly could reduce the risk of prostate cancer and slow the progress of tumours.
In the American study, patients suffering from prostate cancer that was localised to the area were given either six cups of Green tea or water every day for three to six weeks and then had a radical prostatectomy.
The scientists then examined the tissue that had been removed for amounts of a compound known as Epigallocatechin-3-gallate.
Epigallocatechin-3-gallate was only discovered in the tissue taken from the men that drank the tea. Blood tests demonstated that the tea drinkers had reduced amounts of proteins associated to the growth and spread of prostate cancer.
It has been discovered that the compound has an antioxidant effect, getting rid of cell damaging free radicals.