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Green tea could be a cancer fighter -- it tastes good, too

Posted on Mar 13th 2007 7:04PM by Brian White

Filed Under: Nutrition & Supplements

Are you a tea drinker? Many of us drink tea in the summer or with a restaurant dinner (I like mine with a lemon wedge -- that's it), but there are year-round benefits of drinking tea. In fact, there are so many reasons to drink green tea that it's now available from the mass manufacturers like Lipton to the specialty tea makers like Celestial Seasonings.

Recently, a group of scientists said that the antioxidants in green tea may fight lung cancer -- and could even inspire the creation of new lung cancer drugs. That would be quite a feat, for green tea to inspire drugs.

While the benefits of drinking green tea have been pitted against cancer cells in test tubes, the human body is quite a different environment -- so it may be too early to call green tea a cancer fighter. Still, I plan to continue drinking it. Do you?

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tomakins 3-14-2007 @ 6:39PM

I recently replenished my supply of green tea (Leung Ching variety).
I didn't really know that my Leung Ching was getting old until I ran out and had to order two more pounds. This new shipment is mighty fresh!

Check out Old City Coffee, that's where I get my Leung Ching. Great prices, quality, and fast shipping.

Of course the only authority I had on green tea no longer works with me (move on to another job). But he has tried several at a shop in Chinatown Seattle, old Chinese lady letting him sample their varieties ranging from the $10/lb to $400/lb. It seems that Old City's Leung Ching is just about midgrade, with Teavana's not even able to be considered Leung Ching at all (but a decent green tea none the less).

I still have a Diet Coke or two over the course of the day, but for the most part I am on green tea, about 64oz per day.