Bigelow Tea Blog» colon cancer http://www.bigelowteablog.com The official blog of Bigelow Tea Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:19:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Green Tea May Cut Colon Cancer Risk in Half http://www.bigelowteablog.com/2007/12/26/green-tea-may-cut-colon-cancer-risk-in-half/ http://www.bigelowteablog.com/2007/12/26/green-tea-may-cut-colon-cancer-risk-in-half/#comments Wed, 26 Dec 2007 10:00:27 +0000 Julie http://www.bigelowteablog.com/2007/12/26/green-tea-may-cut-colon-cancer-risk-in-half/ MSNBC.com recently reported that green tea may ward off colon cancer.  Research, sponsored by the American Association for Cancer Research, found that rats fed a diet containing green tea Polyphenon E were less than half as likely to develop colon cancer.  The other good news is that these findings were consistent with previously published reports correlating green tea consumption and lower colon cancer rates in Shanghai, China.  As a result, researchers believe the latest findings will lead to clinical trials with green tea polyphenals in humans.

In the spirit of the holiday season, drink green tea and toast to all the health benefits green tea has to offer…including digestive health!

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