Comment: Many people don't like the taste of green tea. Often this is because the quality of green tea that is available in supermarkets is really poor. Also, different types of green tea need different brewing times and temperatures. It's well worth trying different styles of green tea to find one that tastes good as the differences between different types of teas are vast. Generally Japanese green teas are lighter in flavor than are the Chinese green teas, and require a much shorter brewing time. Take a few moments to do a search for "green tea" and you'll find enough information to start on this healthy adventure.
Green tea appears to protect against cancer by affecting a "promiscuous" protein that pharmaceutical experts are already targeting in an effort to develop a new drug to stop the disease, scientists at the University of Rochester Medical Center have found. The research, which buttresses beliefs about the health benefits of green tea with solid scientific evidence, has been cited as part of the best doctoral thesis produced by a student at the university's School of Medicine and Dentistry this year.
The thesis by student Christine Palermo is part of a wider research project led by toxicologist Thomas A. Gasiewicz, Ph.D., whose decades-long studies of the harmful effects of dioxin ultimately led his group to explore the protective effects of green tea. While it's been reported that green tea protects people against some forms of cancer, such as breast and liver cancer, exactly how it does so has been difficult to pinpoint.
Scientists on Trail of Dioxin Pinpoint How Green Tea Protects Against Cancer
