The Mechanisms by Which Green Tea Works Against Cancer
Executive Summary
- Green tea is highly beneficial for both cancer prevention and treatment.
- This article describes the mechanism of green tea on cancer.
Introduction
Green tea is one of the best foods to prevent and fight cancer.
The Mechanisms by Which Green Tea Works Against Cancer
These quotes are from the book Anticancer.
Green tea, for example, which grows in particularly humid climates, contains numerous polyphenols called catechins. One of these, epigallocatechin gallate or EGCG, is one of the most powerful nutritional molecules against the formation of new blood vessels by cancerous cells.
A major factor in reducing the growth of tumors is to keep them from redirecting blood vessels to themselves.
Many people tend to drink black tea rather than green tea, and black tea is much more widely sold in the US, with green tea being more widely consumed in many Asian countries. However, there are important reasons why black tea is not similarly effective.
The Fermentation of Black Tea
It is destroyed during the fermentation required to make black tea but is found in large quantities in tea that hasn’t undergone fermentation and thus remains “green.”
The Effect of EGCG
After two or three cups of green tea, EGCG