Green Tea Reduce Prostate Cancer Risks

Picked this one up from the Cancer Commentary: drinking five cups of green tea a day may reduce the risk of prostate cancer by 48%.

The Japan Public Health Center-based Prospective Study (JPHC Study) studied 49,920 Japanese men aged from 40 to 69. The participants completed a questionnaires at the start of the study to identify dietary intakes, including their habitual green tea consumption.

The study, initially established in 1990, followed the men through until 2004, and 404 cases of prostate cancer were diagnosed in this time. Of these cases, 114 were advanced cases, 271 were localized, and 19 were undeterminable.

Green tea is just one of the many superfoods that have been linked to reduced risks of prostate cancer. I don’t know about you men out there, but I still haven’t developed a taste for green tea… except for the green tea ice cream. Wonder if there’s enough antioxidants in there, though?