Thursday, March 09, 2006Green Tea Consumption May Lower Stomach Cancer RiskAmong those at high risk of developing stomach cancer, regular consumption of green tea may cut both that risk and the risk of a condition that can lead to stomach cancer — chronic gastritis — by about half, according to researchers publishing their findings in a recent issue of the International Journal of Cancer (Vol. 92: 600-604).
"Stomach cancer is a major problem in the world, and this may be a way to help prevent it," says Zuo-Feng Zhang, MD, PhD, director of the cancer epidemiology training program at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Public Health, and an author of the report in IJC. "And there was a dose-response relationship to stomach cancer — the more they drank it and the longer they drank it regularly, the less likely they were to develop stomach cancer," notes V. Wendy Setiawan, a PhD student in the UCLA epidemiology department who was the study’s lead author. The researchers suggest a next step might be intervention studies to learn if green tea can help prevent stomach cancer in those who already have chronic gastritis, or help prevent chronic gastritis in people at high risk for it, thereby reducing stomach cancer rates. read the entire artcile here posted by GoldenTeahouse at 9:22 AM 0 Comments:Previous Posts |
