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How Green Tea Supplements May Help Lower Breast Cancer Risk

May 5, 2010

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Recent studies are suggesting that women who eat large amounts of mushrooms and drink a lot of green tea may be at lower risk for developing breast cancer. For those of you who may not enjoy drinking green tea, there are many green tea supplements available to use to help lower your risk as well.

The majority of the studies included test subjects ranging in age from 20-60 years of age. Each woman completed a detailed dietary questionnaire citing specific foods consumed.

Interestingly enough, mentioned in the studies the women decreased their risk even more for breast cancer if they drank green tea daily. The breast-cancer risk of women who consumed green tea was 11 percent, compared to 18 percent for women who didn’t. The study used green tea, which is a “younger” tea but which still has caffeine.

Studies have noted that even with all of the positive feedback associated with green tea and green tea supplements, that there is still no conclusive proof yet. While the researchers eliminated possible confounding factors, these studies do not prove that green tea actually reduce a woman’s chances of getting breast cancer.

Epidemiological studies, however, do show that in places where the Chinese people are still eating the traditional diet, breast-cancer rates are 4-to-5 times lower than those of most developed countries. (All bets are off if a Chinese woman has switched to eating a westernized diet.)

So, what do we suggest after evidence shown in these studies…drink some green tea or start using green tea supplements!

The Team at i-Supplements.com
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