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A research team from Shan Medical University in Taiwan have released the results of their study on whether drinking green tea could help prevent lung cancer in smokers. Releasing the details at a US cancer research conference, it showed that smokers and non-smokers who drank at least one a cup a day cut their lung cancer risk significantly, however the protection was greatest for people carrying certain genes.
Headed by Dr I-Hsin Lin, the team found that among smokers and non-smokers, people who did not drink green tea were more than five times as likely to get lung cancer than those who drank at least one cup of green tea a day. In addition, smokers who did not drink green tea at all were more than 12 times as likely to develop lung cancer compared to those who drank at least a cup a day.
The researchers then analysed the DNA of people in the study and found that certain genes appeared to play a role in the risk reduction. Green tea drinkers, whether smokers or non smokers, with certain types of a gene called IGF1, were far less likely to develop lung cancer than other green tea drinkers with different types of this gene.
Although human studies on the effects of green tea on cancer have had mixed results, it doesn’t detract from the fact that green tea is drunk widely across Asia and the rates of many cancers are much lower in Asia than in other parts of the world
Yinka Ebo, a spokesman from the Cancer Research UK, said the findings should not be used as an excuse to keep smoking.
‘...smoking tobacco fills your lungs with around 80 cancer-causing chemicals. Drinking green tea is not going to compensate for that. Unfortunately, it's not possible to make up for the harm caused by smoking by doing other things right like eating a healthy, balanced diet. The best thing a smoker can do to reduce their risk of lung cancer, and more than a dozen other cancer types, is to quit...'
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5 comments:
Do you have a reference to the orriginal paper?
Nice write up on greentea.
It would be great if one have the plant growing in their garden and they can take and utilise it wenenever they want.
Here in Malaysia, Cancer is no. 2 killer after the road accidents.
Every 1 in 4 may encounter cancer.
So, its not so much likely the Asian region that are spared from this deadly disease.
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You have a very nice blog too :)
Interesting post, may have to start drinking more tea.
Thanks for the information. There are number of people dying due to lung cancer. The main cause of lung cancer is smoking. Males are more prone to this disease than compared to women. There are many symptoms of lung cancer like muscle weakness, skin rashes, fatigue, weight loss and a decrease in sodium levels. It is very important to know the symptoms of lung cancer and if diagnoised take proper treatment. There are many treatments available for lung cancer.
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