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• Tea consumption may help heart disease patients (Circulation: The Journal of
American Heart Association, 2001).
Cancer Prevention: • Green tea could help stem esophageal cancer. (Harvard Medical School, 2004).
• Green and black tea can slow down
spread of prostate cancer (Center for Human Nutrition at UCLA's David Geffen School of Medicine, 2004).
• Tea may protect against cancer caused by smoking. (Journal of Nutrition, 2003).
• Green tea and white tea fight colon cancer (Linus Pauling Institute at Oregon State University study, Carcinogenesis, 2003).
• Hot tea may lower risk of some skin cancers (University of Arizona study, Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention (Vol. 9, No. 7), 2001).
• Green tea consumption may lower stomach cancer risk (University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Public Health study, International Journal of Cancer (Vol. 92: 600-604), 2001).
Hypertension-Reducing Benefits: • Green and oolong teas reduce risk of hypertension (National Cheng Kung University study, Archives of Internal Medicine, 2004).
Immunity-Boosting Benefits • Tea believed to boost
body’s defenses (Proceedings of
National Academy of Sciences, 2003)
Leukemia-Fighting Benefits: • A green tea component helps kill leukemia cells (Mayo Clinic, 2004).
Alzheimer’s-Fighting Benefits: • Drinking tea might delay Alzheimer's Disease (Newcastle University's Medicinal Plant Research Centre study, Phytotherapy Research, 2004).
AIDS-Fighting Benefits: • Tea may play a role as an AIDS fighter (University of Tokyo, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 2003).
In Conclusion: So how do you get started in doing your body some good with tea?
To get
most health benefits out of your teas, choose high-quality loose leaf teas from your local or online tea shop. Brew it up and enjoy. And of course, don’t throw out
idea of enjoying instant or bottled teas when you’re on
go. You just might have to drink a little more.
Don’t wait any longer. Sip, savor, and fight disease today. It's never too late to enjoy
many health benefits of tea!

Author of the 2BASNOB.com website about the enjoyment of coffee, tea, wine and beer.