Green Tea Cuts
Risk of Gastric Cancer by 40%
Participants: 139 people
with newly-diagnosed gastric cancer compared to 2,852 people without
gastric cancer
Where: Japan
Type of study:
Case-control
What happened: People
who drank 10 or more cups of green tea per day had a 40% lower risk of
developing stomach cancer than those who drank 0-4 cups per day.
Researchers' conclusion:
“A decreased risk of gastric cancer was… noted among those with a high
consumption of green tea (10 or more cups per day.)
Citation: Kono S, Ikeda
M, Tokumdome S, Kuratsune M. A case-control study of gastric cancer and
diet in northern Kyushu, Japan. Japanese Journal of Cancer Research
1988:79(10):1067-74. (Click
here to read PubMed study abstract.)
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