Japanese Study Links Green Tea's Healthy Tradition

by Bruce Richardson

A large-scale Japanese study has shown strong indications that drinking around five cups of green tea daily may prove highly beneficial for health and cut down the risk of developing blood cancer.

Researchers from the Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine in Sendai, Japan, analyzed information on the diets and green tea drinking habits from 41,761 Japanese adults aged 40 to 79. All had no previous history of cancer.

A review of the medical condition of the participants suggested that those who consumed five cups of green tea regularly had 42 percent lower chances of developing all types of blood cancer than those who drank one or no cups of the green tea.

Similar intake of green tea was also linked with reducing the risk of lymphoid system cancers--associated with digestive system--by 48 percent.

This study was reported in the September issue of American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

Previous studies also suggest that green tea promises varied health benefits including prevention of cardiovascular events, lowering the levels of bad cholesterol, boosting the brain activity and improving overall health.

Bruce Richardson is the owner of Elmwood Inn Fine Teas and the author of such books as The Great Tea Rooms of Britain and The New Tea Companion.

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Bruce Richardson is the co-author of The New Tea Companion published by the National Trust of England.

Other articles by Bruce Richardson:

Not Your Grandmother's Tea Room

Selling Tea in the Land of Cotton

White Tea - Infused With Healthy Appeal

High Tea or Afternoon Tea?

Making Good Tea

Seeing London with Tea on the Mind

Jane Pettigrew: London's First Lady of Tea

When You Don't Know Beans About Tea

Darjeeling: Tea by Any Other Name Would Not Be As Sweet