Drinking two or more cups of tea a day over a period of time may diminish the hazard of ovarian cancer dramatically, recommends a new research published in the Archives of Internal Medicine. And each supplementary cup of tea per day seems to provide remarkably more protection, researchers found.
Because tea is the second most-consumed beverage in the globe, its potential health benefits could have important involvements for human fitness and malady prevention, says the Tea Council of the USA.
“A plenty of research indicates that tea may play a role in the diminution of risk of cardiovascular disease and several kinds of cancer,” notes Joe Simrany, president of the trade organization. “These new findings mention that consuming tea often may help to decrease the peril of ovarian cancer as well. This is nice news and points to yet another section where tea may have a positive result on health.”
46 Percent Lower Ovarian Cancer Risk
Investigators at Sweden’s National Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, examined the association between tea consumption and hazard of ovarian cancer in 61,057 women 40 to 76 years of age who participated in the population-based Swedish Mammography Cohort.
The partakers completed a verified 67-item food frequency questionnaire at enrollment between 1987 and 1990, and were followed for cancer occurrence through December 2004.
At baseline, 68 percent of the participators reported drinking tea — firstly black tea — at least once a month. During 15.1 years of follow-up, 301 women were diagnosed as having epithelial ovarian cancer. The Investigators found tea consumption of two or more cups of tea per day had a outstanding reverse association with risk of ovarian cancer.
Especially, women who consume two or more cups of tea per day experienced a 46 percent lower risk of ovarian cancer, compared with women who drank no tea. Each additional cup of tea was joined with an 18 percent reduced risk of ovarian cancer.
