subject: Green Tea- A New Chance to Reduce Lung Cancer from Smoking [print this page] A new study says that drinking green tea could reduce the risk of lung cancer from smoking cigarettes. Lung cancer is the leading cause of all cancer deaths in Taiwan, said I-Hsin Lin, a student at Chung Shan Medical University, Taiwan, who conducted the study.
Green tea, is considered to be a very good drinking for those that are smoking especially. This Kind of tea has received a great deal of attention because tea polyphenols are strong antioxidants, and tea preparations have shown inhibitory activity against tumor genesis (production of new tumor), added Lin. Lin and colleagues have tested 170 patients with lung cancer and 340 healthy patients as controls.
They administered questionnaires to obtain demographic characteristics, cigarette smoking habits, green tea consumption, dietary intake of fruits and vegetables, cooking practices and family history of lung cancer.
Among smokers and non-smokers, those who did not drink green tea had a 5.16-fold increased risk of lung cancer compared with those who drank at least one cup of green tea per day. So we can already see some differences in drinking and not drinking green tea. This tea is great for all the inside organs, not only for the lungs. Among smokers, those who did not drink green tea at all had a 12.71-fold increased risk of lung cancer compared with those who drank at least one cup of green tea per day.
These are important numbers that shows us what a big effect green tea has on us. Our study may represent a clue that in the case of lung cancer, smoking-induced carcinogenesis could be modulated by green tea consumption and the growth factor environment, said Lin.
The study was presented at the AACR-IASLC Joint Conference on Molecular Origins of Lung Cancer, being held Jan 11-14.
Green Tea- A New Chance to Reduce Lung Cancer from Smoking
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