TEA can not only stave off heart disease, cataracts, and even help women
conceive, it can also prevent colon cancer.
Green tea has long been known to protect against certain types of cancer, but
the fermentation process involved in making black tea was thought to destroy the
protective compounds.
Now researchers in Britain and Italy have found that if rats are given
extracts of black Assam tea鈥攖he equivalent of three or four cups a
day鈥攖heir guts are protected against the effects of a known carcinogen
(Food and Chemical Toxicology, vol 38, p 1085). Other, common-or-garden
teas should have the same effect as well , says Mike Clifford of Surrey
University.
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