Not much information on this topic in the news yet but the November issue of Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention published details of a Japanese study. In this study, patients who had had colorectal polyps removed were divided into a control group and experimental group.
The experimental group was give 1.5 grams of green tea extracts daily. When checked twelve months later, the experimental group had only a 15% incident of polyps returning whereas the control group had 31%. So that means the rate was cut in half. Furthermore, the polyps that did recur in the green tea extract group were smaller than in the control group.
Just goes to show even more how good green tea can be for all of us.
Source: http://professional.cancerconsultants.com/oncology_main_news.aspx?id=42798
Filed under Health Benefits of Tea by on Nov 21st, 2008. 
Two notes today on ways to get tea goodies. The first is actually a way that combines a love of tea with a love of books – children’s books, that is. The Trades, which appears to be some type of review/contest site aimed at making affiliate commissions, has a contest for a signed copy of the Duchess of York Sarah Ferguson’s newest book, Tea for Ruby. It looks like it would be a great book for teaching different manners and rules on acceptable behavior to children. I think it would be cool for the kids, so entered myself. In my mind, anything that mixes books with tea is a very good thing.
The second way to get tea goodies is to join the tea swap started by Jessica (Authori+ea) and Nikki (Tea Escapade). Members will swap two samples of loose leaf teas or sachet/silken pouch teas (2 pouches each) every two weeks. Who you send to switches every month. If you want to widen your tea to sample without having to buy a lot, you might want to give this a try. Please check the tea swap for more information on how to join.
Filed under Tea Events by on Nov 24th, 2008. 2 Comments.
Our source today is a TV news report from NBC-Augusta in Augusta, Georgia. We know that green tea is full of good-for-you antioxidants and polyphenols, especially ECGC. This news report centered around Dr. Stephen Hsu who is a researcher and product developer in the Augusta area at the Medical College of Georgia.
As stated in the report, Dr. Hsu worked on a Chinese tea farm and was intimately involved in the growing, picking and processing of tea. He grew up to be a green tea researcher.
Some of the benefits of green tea, such as destruction of cancer cells and reduction of wrinkles, led him to developing green tea products. He has green tea gum, green tea mints, green tea eye cream and soon will have a green tea anti-dandruff shampoo that does not use the carcinogenic coal tars of present anti-dandruff shampoos. The report says the green tea products are available locally in Augusta and specifically names Walgreens. Think I will check out my local one for the products. Maybe Vitamin Cottage will have it as that is where I like to shop in our small town.
The text at our source is a pretty good rendering of the report in the video at the top. You do need to let the commercial play first before you will get the news report. During the video you will see some of the products that Dr. Hsu has presumably created. The mints and gum appear to be a Mega-T brand and the cosmetic line is from Sudden Change. Some of the Sudden Change products are “Green Tea Night Repair Eye Cream”, “Under Eye Firming Serum”, and “Facial Cleaning Mousse”. There are more as you can see in the video.
Source: http://www.nbcaugusta.com/news/local/35040854.html
Filed under Health Benefits of Tea by on Nov 25th, 2008.