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Green Tea
and Risk of Death
Well, we’ve said it before and we’ll say it again:
Drinking green tea is one of the best things you can do for your health!
A study involving more than 40,000 people, published in the Journal
of the American Medical Association, proves that point. It showed
that green tea is linked to reduced mortality rates – in certain cases
by as much as 62%!
In 1994, researchers for The Ohsaki National Health
Insurance Cohort Study began following 40,530 Japanese adults age 40 to
79 for as long as 11 years. They tracked the participants’ rate of
mortality, cause of death and the amount of green tea they drank. The
participants, who lived in an area of northeastern Japan where 80% of
the population drinks green tea, had no history of stroke, coronary
heart disease or cancer at the beginning of the study.
At the study’s end, the researchers found sharp
reductions in the risk of mortality in those who drank at least 5 daily
cups of green tea, compared to those who drank less than one cup.
Specifically, the men who were heavy green tea drinkers decreased their
risk of death from stroke by 42 percent, from cardiovascular disease by
22 percent, and from all causes by 12 percent. But in women the results
were even more impressive: Those drinking 5 or more cups of green tea
per day decreased their risk of death from stroke by a whopping 62
percent, from cardiovascular disease by 31 percent, and from all causes
by 23 percent.
So have another cup of green tea and increase your
chances of living a long and healthy life!
(Kuriyama
S, Shimazu T, Ohmori K, et al. Green tea consumption and mortality due
to cardiovascular disease, cancer, and all causes in Japan: the Ohsaki
study. JAMA 2006;296(10):1255-65.)
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Nadine Taylor, M.S., R.D. presents
GreenTeaLibrary.com, the most
comprehensive collection of scientific information describing the
health benefits of green tea.
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