Green Tea May Positively Effect Stomach Cancer in Habitual Tea Drinkers

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Green Tea May Positively Effect Stomach Cancer in Habitual Tea Drinkers

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Stomach Cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer-related

deaths in the Western World. In fact, the American Cancer

Society estimates that 22,228 Americans will be diagnosed with

stomach cancer during 2006. They also project that there will be

an estimated 11,430 deaths from this type of disease. Therefore,

the search for a cure for this disease has been a long standing

one. In the past, clinical researchers have hypothesized that

drinking green tea may indeed inhibit stomach carcinogenesis,

and a few case-studies with animals and human beings have

successfully broadened this theory.

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Green Tea May Positively Effect Stomach Cancer in Habitual Tea Drinkers

Copyright © 2006 Jon M. Stout

Golden Moon Tea

http://www.GoldenMoonTea.com

Stomach Cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer-related

deaths in the Western World. In fact, the American Cancer Society

estimates that 22,228 Americans will be diagnosed with stomach

cancer during 2006. They also project that there will be an

estimated 11,430 deaths from this type of disease. Therefore, the

search for a cure for this disease has been a long standing one.

In the past, clinical researchers have hypothesized that drinking

green tea may indeed inhibit stomach carcinogenesis, and a few

case-studies with animals and human beings have successfully

broadened this theory.

One landmark case study was conducted on humans in Shanghai,

China from October 1991 to December 1993. This study is still

considered to be the largest of its kind. During this study, 711

subjects and 711 controls (under the age of 80) were evaluated.

They were all residents of the Hongkou district and Nanhui

country and were selected from identical streets or communes and

matched in gender and age (within three years). This created two

nearly identical, homogeneous groups. By creating these groups,

researchers ensured that their findings would not be impacted by

any outside contributing factors.

During this study, researchers evaluated the types of tea used,

strength and temperature of the tea consumed, age when habitual

tea drinking began, total duration of drinking for each batch,

frequency of new batches of tea leaves used per day, and number

of cups brewed from each batch. Statistical analysis was then

completed with conditional logistic regression.

Researchers found that habitual Chinese green tea drinkers

(regardless of when they started drinking the tea) had a lower

risk of stomach cancer than their non tea drinking counterparts.

They reasoned that the green tea may disrupt gastric

carcinogenesis at both the intermediate and the late stages and

that the major polyphenol in green tea extracts, also known as

epigallocatechin gallate (ECGC), positively effects stomach

cancer and also protects a number of organs in the digestive

tract.

In 2004, a research team from Harvard Medical School worked on

and expanded the premise of the Shanghai study. They reported

that the epigallocatechin gallate (ECGC) in Green Tea impairs the

growth and reproduction of cancer cells (SEG-1 and BIC-1)

involved with Barrett's Esophagus. Barrett's Esophagus is a

condition in which the stomach throws back stomach acid due to

impaired function and often leads to the destruction of the cells

that line the esophagus which in turn, increases the risk of

esophageal cancer.

Barrett's Esophagus is a very serious condition often mistaken

by sufferers as heartburn. This condition is frequently a

precursor to esophageal cancer. Although one of the rarer forms

of cancer, esophageal cancer is also one of the more deadly forms

of cancer, with a five year survival rate of only 25 percent.

Harvard Medical School researchers found that exposure to ECGC

(which is found in green tea) releases proteins which are known

to help in repairing DNA damage. This finding has created even

more interest in researching the effects of green tea and EGCC on

cancer.

In other words, drinking Chinese Green Tea may be a healthy habit

to acquire – one, that may prevent and lead to a positive effect

on stomach cancer and those suffering from Barrett's Esophagus.

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