Green tea unlikely to reduce cancer risk

Science Daily ^ | July 1

[Khurkris]

I drink a boatload of green tea every day. 2 shops about 50 steps from my home/office sell big o' cups of it very cheap. Mmmmm...good! Here is one of them, and yes that is 500ml bottles of Heineken beer. They make a drink mixing that and some fruit juice. Quite tasty but I prefer Taiwan beer...straight.

[Drammach]

Green Tea is good for you for many other reasons..

Personally speaking, I don't trust much of anything the FDA does or says..
They are far too politically influenced in their decisions, as well as drug industry influence..
Far too many of these government officials and elected representatives end up on the "board of directors" or something after they retire or lose an election..

[dc-zoo]

FDA does not like natural remedies.

[R. Scott]

-- based on these studies, the FDA concludes that it is highly unlikely that green tea reduces the risk of prostate cancer."

Great, now that I have developed a taste for green tea …

[LizardQueen]

I've tried to like it but can't stand the stuff....

LQ

[Wilhelm Tell]

If the FDA had found that green tea fights cancer, the next thing you know the FDA would try to ban green tea.

[Wilhelm Tell]

Great, now that I have developed a taste for green tea É

You are much better off drinking green tea instead of, say, soft drinks or coffee whether or not green tea fights cancer. The acid in soft drinks will dissolve your teeth and all that refined sugar is bad. I'll have a soft drink once a month or so but I know people who buy those huge two litre bottles of the stuff and drink it like it is water -- yecch!

[R. Scott]

I didn't at first.

[R. Scott]

I’ll go through about a six pack of diet Pepsi a month. My coffee is down to about 3-5 mugs a day. Before I retired I was constantly drinking that good Army coffee. Our crews actually made a bet one day as to which skipper drank more coffee – my crew collected.

[WVNan]

Can't say much about it curing cancer, but I can say for sure that it clears up Uretheritis, which I had a problem with before discovering Green Tea.

[who knows what evil?]

I still enjoy green tea, but now include some white on occasion, as well. The FDA can go pound sand.

[Desdemona]

So I can stick to black tea in peace? Cool.

[flada]

I know people who buy those huge two litre bottles of the stuff and drink it like it is water -- yecch!

Agreed. They could just as well buy a bottle of maple syrup and drink glasses of it.

[ArmedNReady]

"If the FDA had found that green tea fights cancer, the next thing you know the FDA would try to ban green tea."

Of course, the FDA wouldn't want the public to have anything that might have health benefits without the public paying tribute to the pharmaceutical manufacturer-physician-attorney consortium.

[R. Scott]

It helps flush out the system.

[Republic]

Try the mix of black and green tea scented with Jasmine. It is sensational! You might like it, too.

[sushiman]

Normally I have a cup of java upon awakening , and that is it for coffee until the next day . Green tea is all I drink when at school ( very seldom I'll have a cup of coffee ) . The stuff isn't " delicious " in the strictest sense of the word , but it's hot ( or one can drink it chilled in summer ) , and knowing it is good for me makes it taste all that much better .

[zarf]

The FDA is a slave to corporate interests and I wouldn't trust them as far as I kick them.

Green tea studies have been going on for over a decade showing positive results.

The FDA is, as usual, way late.

[veronica]

Green Tea is good for you for many other reasons..

Such as?