Green Tea and Green Tea Effects

Berkshire, United Kingdom, September 26, 2006 --(PR.COM)-- Numerous stories and scientific studies abound about how good green tea is for health. So what is stopping all us health conscious folks from guzzling gallons of the stuff, like the Chinese or Japanese do? Our study shows that it is the taste of green tea that is putting us off. Despite being well aware of its numerous health benefits, most of those surveyed find that green tea tastes bland and are shocked that you do not add milk to it. Does green tea really taste that bland? Does something so good have to be so boring? Do the billions of Chinese worldwide know something that we in the UK don’t? Discover China’s Secret teas, where can one find good quality, great tasting green tea. Though most consumers’ experience of Chinese tea is the bitter tea served in restaurants, or the green tea leaf dregs sold in supermarket tea bags, there is a whole range of high-grade Chinese teas of which the West is largely unaware.

CHICAGO (AP) - Can drinking green tea really protect against two big killers, strokes and cancer? A study involving more than 40,000 people in Japan suggests yes and no: It might lower your stroke risk but will not save you from cancer.

The U.S. National Cancer Institute says human studies on tea and cancer prevention have had contradictory results.

CHICAGO - A study of more than 40,000 people in Japan has found that drinking green tea will lower the risk of stroke, but not cancer. The authors of the study say that this may be the reason why a less number of Japanese succumb to heart disease and stroke than Americans. Tea contains antioxidants, which is linked to healthy cells. Green tea has been researched for a long time for potential benefits. .