More evidence has now been added to existing information revealing further data concerning the protective benefits of green tea. The research involved 41,761 Japanese adults between 40 and 79 years of age, whose health and lifestyle habits were closely monitored for ten years. The daily quantities of green tea consumption during this period, was of particular interest to the study.
The information compiled by the Ohsaki National Health Insurance Cohort Study was used by scientists, at the Tohuku University Graduate School of Medicine. It showed important connections between drinking green tea and its protective agents against pneumonia in women. The article was published in the September edition of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, citing once again, that the catechins and antioxidant phytochemicals, found in green tea work against infection.
In another study, published in September in the American Journal of Epidemiology, the same scientist, Dr.Toru Naganuma, who established the pneumonia-fighting links, also produced information regarding blood and lymph system cancers. It was found that by drinking at least 5 cups of green tea daily, there was a 42% reduction of blood cancers and 48% lymph system cancers. These findings were arbitrary in relation to male, female and body size.
The Ohsaki National Health Insurance Cohort Study was used in yet another study by a research team in the Division of Epidemiology in Tohoku University’s Department of Public Health and Forensic Medicine. Another link was established, this time documenting that five or more daily cups of green tea offered the most protection from liver cancer in most individuals.
It is widely documented that drinking antioxidant-rich green tea lowers the risk of heart disease, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s and now these specific cancers can be added to what is evolving into an ever growing list. Throw in weight loss as another benefit, and you have the perfect ingredient for a healthy life. As an alternative to drinking five cups of green tea a day, green tea supplements can work just as effectively.
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