Green Tea: anti-cancer components

You have probably heard that there are numerous health benefits available to those who drink green tea.  How about catechins and anti-oxidants?  Even more specifically, drinking green tea can reduce the incidence of cancer.

Epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) is a strong anti-oxidant found in green tea.  Drinking green tea will help prevent these types of cancer:

• colon
• breast
• prostrate
• lung
• ovarian
• bladder
• leukemia
• melanoma

Any reduction in likelihood of these cancers is certainly worth a mindful effort to drink green tea.

read more

Insight on metabolism