Saturday, August 14, 2010

Good News for Green Tea and Prostate Cancer Prevention

What if I told you that recent studies on green tea and prostate cancer prevention showed it to be a powerful force in the prevention and healing of this terrible disease?

Green tea has many qualities but is now being hailed as one of the most promising anti cancer compounds ever found, and it has specifically been proven that green tea and prostate cancer prevention go hand in hand.

Its main antioxidant, known as EGCG, is responsible for this, helping to stop the cancerous cells from duplicating.

A study which was published in the December 2004 issue of the International Journal of Cancer found that EGCG greatly inhibited the production of prostate-specific antigen, a marker for prostate cancer risk.

In  a case-controlled study involving 130 prostate cancer patients and 274 hospital controls, men drinking the most green tea were found to have an amazing 86% reduced risk of prostate cancer compared, to those drinking the least amount.

This really bears out the incredible benefits of green tea and prostate cancer prevention.

The recommended amount to drink, to gain the benefits is around 5-6 cups per day, without milk or sugar. This can give you quite a high intake of caffeine, especially as decaffeinate is not recommended as the process used to remove it cancels out many of the benefits.

To gain the maximum health benefits, the most popular way is to take a green tea extract as part of a multi supplement, to amplify its healing powers.

For example green tea is synergetic with gingko biloba and turmeric extract and that interaction can significantly enhance its ability to help prevent this disease.

You don't really want to get the benefits as a stand-alone pill as it has been proven to be far more effective to take it in a product that has many ingredients in it that work synergistically with each other.

Source : articlesbase

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