Your Lifestyle and Your Risk for Bladder Cancer

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Each year more and more research is conducted on how to reduce

your risk of developing cancer. For some forms of cancer, it’s

fairly simple to understand how to reduce risk. For example, we

know that most lung cancer victims are smokers, and that many

cases of skin cancer are caused by unprotected over exposure to

the sun. For other cancers, understanding how to reduce our risk

is not so simple, because we don’t really understand what

causes them.

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Your Lifestyle and Your Risk for Bladder Cancer

Copyright © 2006 Jon M. Stout

Golden Moon Tea

http://www.GoldenMoonTea.com

Each year more and more research is conducted on how to reduce

your risk of developing cancer. For some forms of cancer,

it " s fairly simple to understand how to reduce risk. For

example, we know that most lung cancer victims are smokers, and

that many cases of skin cancer are caused by unprotected over

exposure to the sun. For other cancers, understanding how to

reduce our risk is not so simple, because we don " t really

understand what causes them.

Even in cancers that we don " t fully understand, scientists

are working to determine how our lifestyle might increase our

risks. For example, a study was conducted in Nagoya, Japan to

help better understand the lifestyle factors that might

contribute to the development of urinary bladder cancer. The

study also evaluated lifestyle habits that actually reduce your

risk of bladder cancer. The findings were interesting, and can

help us make lifestyle choices that can protect our health.

This study examined the following lifestyle habits and their

ability to increase or reduce risk for urinary bladder cancer:

Cigarette Smoking " " Cigarette Smoking was found to increase the

risk of developing urinary bladder cancer. The increased risk was

more significant in women than men.

Drinking cocoa " " Interestingly enough, drinking cocoa was

associated with an elevation in risk of urinary bladder cancer in

men, but not in women.

Hair Color " " Women who used hair color had a slightly elevated

risk of developing urinary bladder cancer if they also smoke.

However, non smoking women had no significant risk factor if they

used hair color.

Drinking coffee- Coffee drinking showed no elevated risk " " but

it showed no benefit, either.

Drinking alcohol " " No significant risk was associated with

alcohol intake.

Drinking sodas " " No significant risk was associated with

drinking sodas.

Drinking fruit juice- Fruit juice was associated with a decreased

risk in developing urinary bladder cancer in men. No risk or

benefit was notable in women.

Drinking Tea " " Women who drank black tea and powdered green tea

showed a reduced risk of developing urinary bladder cancer. The

figures for men showed no increase or decrease of risk.

What " s So Great About Tea and Fruit?

This study echoes the findings of many other studies, indicating

that tea and fruit are of benefit in preventing cancer.

Scientists are now fully beginning to understand how important

these substances are to protecting our health. But, why are they

so important? Well, the answer is in anti-oxidants.

Anti-oxidants have the power to combat free radicals. Free

radicals are produced naturally by our body during the process of

converting the food we eat to energy. These free radicals speed

up the aging process, and can cause clogged arteries, cancer and

other disease by damaging our cells and DNA.

Fruits, vegetables and tea are filled with anti-oxidants. A diet

rich in these foods, therefore, help rid our bodies of the free

radicals that put our health at risk. Some foods and beverages

have more potent anti-oxidants than others. Doctors recommend

that we make these " super foods " part of our everyday life.

Fruits

All fresh fruits are rich in anti-oxidants. However, the ones

that are the most potent include blueberries, pomegranates,

strawberries and cranberries.

Vegetables

Again, fresh vegetables supply a good dose of anti-oxidants.

Tomatoes, which contain lycopene, are one of the best vegetables

you can eat. However, artichokes and red beans are also very good

anti-oxidant sources.

Tea

Tea is a simple way to get your anti-oxidants. Tea comes from the

camellia sinensis plant. There are many types of tea on the

market, but all tea comes from the same plant.

The difference between green, white and black tea comes from the

way the tea is processed. Black tea is fermented; white and green

are not. Green and white tea have been found to be better sources

of anti-oxidants because they fermenting that black tea goes

through changes the anti-oxidants into compounds that are not as

healthy.

The study quoted above found that black tea had the same benefits

as green tea in preventing urinary bladder cancer in women.

However, most other studies conducted on the benefits of tea have

concluded that green tea is better.

Green tea began gaining attention because of the significantly

lower incidence of cancer and heart disease in Asian culture.

Even though Asians are more likely to smoke than Americans, they

have lower incidence of cancer and heart disease " " even lung

cancer. It appears that their high consumption of green tea

protects their health in a way that other dietary habits do not.

Research has even suggested that green tea may be effective at

treating patients who already have cancer. Several studies, on

different forms of cancer, have shown that traditional cancer

treatments, such as chemotherapy, are more effective when green

tea is administered along with the treatment. Green tea seems to

increase the concentration of the drugs in the cancerous cells

and slows down cancer progression, perhaps even preventing

metastasis.

Much of the research that has been performed has been on mice or

in-vitro, though the study outlined above was performed on

humans. The next step in truly understanding how foods, including

tea, can protect our health, preventing cancer and other disease,

is to conduct more human trials. The results could take years,

because human trials on prevention require following subjects

over a long period of time.

Preventing cancer is a national health concern. Certainly, much

more study is required before we can gain true understanding of

how to protect our health. One thing " s for sure, however; a

diet rich in fruits, vegetables and tea is a good start!

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Jon M. Stout is the Chairman of the Golden Moon Tea Company.

Golden Moon Tea carefully selects the finest rare and orthodox

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