
It should be news to a spare few by now that green tea is likely to better one’s chances against the emperor of all maladies. Tea contains polyphenal compounds, including catechins. These are antioxidants, which are scavengers of cell-damaging, cancer-causing free radicals. Unlike black teas, which are fermented and then roasted, green tea leaves go through less processing, thereby retaining more of their nutrients. The catechins in green tea have shown much promise in the laboratory, but actual population studies [...] Read more »





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