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"Catechin intake might explain the inverse relation between tea consumption and ischemic heart disease: The Zutphen Elderly Study. Am } Clin Nutr. 2001;74:227-232. Cabrera C, Artacho R, Gimenez R. Beneficial effects of green tea—a review. J Am Coll Nutr. 2006 Apr;25(2):79-99. Review. Conney AH, Lu Y, Lou Y-R et al. Inhibitory effect of green and black tea on tumor growth. Proc Soc Exp Biol Med. 1999;220:229-233. Davies MJ, ludd JT, Baer DJ et al. Black tea consumption reduces total and LDL cholesterol in mildly hypercholesterolemic adults. J Nutr. 2003;133(10):3298S-3302S." - David W. Grotto, RD, LDN, 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life! (Get the book.)

"A few studies have examined the relationship between tea consumption and prostate cancer risk, and the findings have been inconsistent. A cohort study in Hawaii [240] and a case-control study in China [241] showed an inverse relationship between daily tea consumption and prostate cancer risk, but several other cohort studies [48, 66, 102, 242, 243] as well as case-control studies [56, 57, 61, 244] did not reproduce this finding." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.) "Black tea consumption and cancer risk: A prospective study. Br. J. Cancer 54, 677-683. 241. Jian, L., Xie, L. P., Lee, A. H., and Binns, C. W. (2004). Protective effect of green tea against prostate cancer: A case-control study in southeast China. Int. J. Cancer. 108, 130-135. 242. Kinlen, L. J., Willows, A. N., Goldblatt, P., and Yudkin, J. (1988). tea consumption and cancer. Br. J. Cancer 58, 397-401. 243. Kikuchi, N., Ohmori, K., Shimazu, T., Nakaya, N., Kuriyama, S., Nishino, Y., Tsubono, Y., and Tsuji, I. (2006)." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.)

"A recenr srudy suggests that rose tea consumption helped to decrease both pain and psychological distress of women during menses.26 In addition, another study showed that abdominal massage of rose, lavender, or clary sage essential oil in a base of almond oil was more effective than almond oil alone in decreasing the severity of dysmenorrhea.27 Valerian {Valeriana Officinalis). Valerian traditionally has been used primarily as a sedative and antispasmodic for the treatment of anxiety disorders, sleep disorders, and a diverse array of conditions associated with pain." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.)

"Black tea consumption and risk of rectal cancer in Moscow population. Ann Epidemiol. 2003;13(6):405-411. Hakim IA, Harris RB. Joint effects of citrus peel use and black tea intake on the risk of squamous cell carcinoma of the skin. BMC Dermatol. 2001;1:3. Hegarty VM, May HM, Khaw K-T. Tea drinking and bone mineral density in older women. Am } Clin Nutr 2000;71:1003-1007. Isemura M, Saeki K, Kimura T, et al. Tea catechins and related polyphenols as anticancer agents. Biofactors. 2000;13(l-4):81-85. Kim W et al." - David W. Grotto, RD, LDN, 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life! (Get the book.) "Effect of green tea consumption on endothelial function and circulating endothelial progenitor cells in chronic smokers. Circ J. 2006 Aug;70(8):1052-1057. Kobayashi M, Unno T, Suzuki Y, et al. Heat-epimerized tea catechins have the same cholesterol-lowering activity as green tea catechins in cholesterol-fed rats. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem. 2005;69(12):2455-2458. Nagao T, Komine Y, Soga S, Meguro S, Hase T, Tanaka Y, Tokimitsu I. Ingestion of a tea rich in catechins leads to a reduction in body fat and malondialdehyde-modified LDL in men. Am J Clin Nutr. 2005;81:122-129." - David W. Grotto, RD, LDN, 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life! (Get the book.) "The protective effect of habitual tea consumption on hypertension. Arch Intern Med. 2004;164(14)!l534-1540. Teff www.ethnomed.org/cultures/ethiop/teff.html Mengesha B, Ergete W. Staple Ethiopian diet and cancer of the oesophagus. East Afr Med}. 2005 Jul;82(7):353-356. Tomatoes www.tomato.org Basu A, Imrhan V. Tomatoes versus lycopene in oxidative stress and carcinogenesis: conclusions from clinical trials. Eur J Clin Nutr. 2007 Mar;61(3):295-303. Bhuvaneswari V, Nagini S. Lycopene: a review of its potential as an anticancer agent. Current Medicinal Chemistry—Anti-Cancer Agents." - David W. Grotto, RD, LDN, 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life! (Get the book.)

"You're also going to increase your green and black tea consumption. You can have it iced or hot, with or without lemon. I'd like you to avoid added sweeteners but if you need to wean yourself from sweet drinks you can use just a bit of sugar or honey to start. Why do fluids matter so much? Over the years our pattern of fluid consumption has shifted. Today, too many of us are drinking fluids that are high in calories like sodas and juices. Indeed, research has shown that adults today are drinking about 20 ounces more caloric beverages a day14." - Wendy Bazilian, DRPH, MA, RD, Steven Pratt, MD, Kathy Matthews, Superfoods Rx Diet: Lose Weight with the Power of SuperNutrients (Get the book.)

"Similarly, a small but significant increase in the lag time of LDL oxidation was observed after 4 weeks of black tea consumption (600 ml/day) (Ishikawa et al, 1997). 3. ANTICARCLNOGENESIS Studies on cancer prevention have assessed the impact of a wide variety of flavonoids and a selected few isoflavones for their efficacy in inhibiting cancer in a number of animal models. These studies demonstrated that flavonoids inhibit carcinogenesis in vitro and substantial evidence indicates that they also do so in vivo (Caltagirone et al, 2000; Miyagi et al, 2000)." - Erich Grotewold, The Science of Flavonoids (Get the book.)

"Another study, the Ohsaki study,292 found that green tea consumption was inversely associated with mortality due to all causes and inversely associated with cardiovascular disease." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.)

"Side effects of tea consumption are possible with persons who have sensitive stomachs, chiefly brought about by the chlorogenic acid and tannin content. Hyperacidity, gastric irritation, reduction of appetite, as well as obstipation or diarrhea could be the result of intense tea consumption. These side effects can be generally avoided through the addition of milk (reduction of the chlorogenic acid and other tannins)." - Joerg Gruenwald, Ph.D., PDR for Herbal Medicines (Get the book.)

"Tea consumption and cancer. Br. J. Cancer 58, 397-401. 243. Kikuchi, N., Ohmori, K., Shimazu, T., Nakaya, N., Kuriyama, S., Nishino, Y., Tsubono, Y., and Tsuji, I. (2006). No association between green tea and prostate cancer risk in Japanese men: The Ohsaki Cohort Study. Br. J. Cancer. 95, 371-373. 244. Sharpe, C. R., and Siemiatycki, J. (2002). Consumption of non-alcoholic beverages and prostate cancer risk. Eur. J. Cancer Prev. 11, 497-501. 245. Yang, C. S., Chung, J. Y., Yang, G, Chhabra, S. K, and Lee, M. J. (2000). Tea and tea polyphenols in cancer prevention. J. Nutr. 130, 472S^178S." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.)

"Green tea consumption and serum lipid profiles: A cross-sectional study in northern Kyushu, Japan. Prev Med 1992 Jul; 21(4):526-31. Kowluru RA, Kanwar M. Effects of curcumin on retinal oxidative stress and inflammation in diabetes. Nutr Metab (Lond) 2007 Apr 16; 4:8. Kris-Etherton P et al. AHA Science Advisory: Lyon Diet Heart Study. Benefits of a Mediterranean-style, National Cholesterol Education Program/American Heart Association Step I dietary pattern on cardiovascular disease. Circulation 2001; 103:1823. Kumar PA et al." - Steven V. Joyal, What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Diabetes: An Innovative Program to Prevent, Treat, and Beat This Controllable Disease (Get the book.)

"A cohort study in Hawaii [240] and a case-control study in China [241] showed an inverse relationship between daily tea consumption and prostate cancer risk, but several other cohort studies [48, 66, 102, 242, 243] as well as case-control studies [56, 57, 61, 244] did not reproduce this finding. Tea contains polyphenols that are potentially anticarcinogenic because of their antioxidant properties, effects on signal transduction pathways, inhibition of cell proliferation, and other actions in the body [245]. 2. Nutrients and Other Food Constituents a. Vitamin D." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.)

"Another study followed 40,530 Japanese adults for eleven years to measure mortality and green tea consumption. The authors found a significant inverse correlation between consumption of green tea and death from all causes (more green tea, fewer deaths) and death from heart disease (but not cancer).24 This study was an observational study, however, and it may be that green-tea drinkers do other things that are good for their health and it is not the green tea itself that is helpful." - J. Douglas Bremner, Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health (Get the book.)

"It lowers cholesterol—according to a USDA study published in the Journal of Nutrition in 2003, black tea consumption reduced both total and LDL ("bad") cholesterol in adults with mildly elevated cholesterol. And it appears to help the heart—in a small study published in the American Journal of Cardiology in 2004, men who drank black tea experienced improved blood flow in the coronary arteries only a few hours after drinking the tea. I've spent this much time on black tea only because it's so often overlooked, living in the shadow of its "big brother," green tea." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth About What You Should Eat and Why (Get the book.)

"Hyperacidity, gastric irritation, reduction of appetite, as well as obstipation or diarrhea, could be the result of intense tea consumption. These side effects can be generally avoided by the addition of milk (reduction of the chlorogenic acid and other tannins). Care should be taken with patients that have weakened cardiovascular systems, renal diseases, thyroid hyperfunction, elevated susceptibility to spasm and certain psychic disorders, such as panicky states of anxiety. With long-term intake of dosages above 1." - Thomson Healthcare, Inc., PDR for Herbal Medicines, Fourth Edition (Get the book.) "An empirical link between Green tea consumption and cancer-fighting effects was established in the late 1980s. A 2005 review cites the tea's unique set of catechins, with antioxidant, antiangiogenesis, and antiproliferative elements, as explanation for the anticancer actions of Green Tea. The major tea catechin, (-)-epigallocatechin, has anticancer and medicinal properties that are examined. Researchers working with cancer cell lines have linked Green tea's anticancer activity to growth inhibition—a possible explanation for its antitumor activity." - Thomson Healthcare, Inc., PDR for Herbal Medicines, Fourth Edition (Get the book.) "Hojgaard L, Arffmann S, Jorgeasen M, Krag E, (1981) tea consumption, a cause of constipation. BMJ 282: 864. Jahn HU, Zeitz M, (1991) Immunmodulatorische Wirkung von Saccharomyces boulardii beim Menschen. In: Seifert J, Ottenjann R, Zeitz M, Bockemiihl J (Hrsg) Okosystem Darm III. Springer-Verlag, S 159-164. Kollaritsch HH, Tobiiren D, Scheiner O, Wiedemann G, (1988) Prophylaxe der Reisediarrhoe. Munch Med Wschr 130: 671-673. Massot J, Desconclois M, Astoin J, (1982) Protection par Saccharomyces boulardii de la diarrhee a Escherichia coli du souriceau. Ann Pharm Fr 40: 445-449." - Thomson Healthcare, Inc., PDR for Herbal Medicines, Fourth Edition (Get the book.)

"While many doctors are concerned about the possible negative effects of caffeine consumption in people with a history of kidney stones, preliminary studies in both men43' 44 and women45 have found that coffee and tea consumption is actually associated with a reduced risk of forming a kidney stone. These reports suggest that the helpful effect of consuming more water by drinking coffee or tea may compensate for the theoretically harmful effect that caffeine has in elevating urinary calcium." - Alan R. Gaby, M.D., Jonathan V. Wright, M.D., Forrest Batz, Pharm.D. Rick Chester, RPh., N.D., DipLAc. George Constantine, R.Ph., Ph.D. Linnea D. Thompson, Pharm.D., N.D., The Natural Pharmacy: Complete A-Z Reference to Natural Treatments for Common Health Conditions (Get the book.)

"Regular green tea consumption is linked to a reduced risk for heart attacks and strokes as well as most forms of cancer, particularly breast and prostate cancer. The health benefits of green tea are due to the presence of molecules known as polyphenols or catechins, the most active of which is epigallocatechin gallate (EGCg). While green tea can be consumed as a beverage, to get the weight-loss promoting benefits you will need to use green tea extracts concentrated for EGCg and other catechins at an effective dosage." - Michael T. Murray and Michael R. Lyon, Hunger Free Forever: The New Science of Appetite Control (Get the book.)

"Smoking cigarettes and coffee and tea consumption are also known to contribute to calcium loss. Try to reduce your salt intake by using natural herb or vegetable salts and seasonings. Some of these so-called health salts are still very salty. They are white in color with a few specks of herbs; the seasonings should be full of herbs and spices." - Mary-Ann Shearer, Perfect Health the Natural Way (Get the book.)

"Two human studies, one in smokers and one in nonsmokers, found no effect of Green tea consumption (6 cups of Green Tea daily for 4 weeks) on LDL oxidation ex vivo or on plasma levels of antioxidants (vitamins C, E and B-carotene) and lipids (HDL and LDL cholesterol and triglycerides) (Princen et al, 1998; van het Hof et al, 1997). Epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) was effective at inhibiting ultraviolet B exposure (Chen, 1998) and preventing ultraviolet-induced skin damage that correlated with reduced lipid peroxidation (Kim, 1998)." - Thomson Healthcare, Inc., PDR for Herbal Medicines, Fourth Edition (Get the book.)

"Finally, a study recently published in Cancer found that among 109 Polish women, high black tea consumption was associated with diminished salivary levels of 7 7 beta-estradiol, the most potent mammalian estrogenic hormone and one that can be carcinogenic in hormone-related cancers. (Lower levels of the hormone were also reported when women consumed high amounts of the cate-chins found in green tea as well." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth About What You Should Eat and Why (Get the book.) "In writing about the study, the medical/nutritional newsletter Clinical Pearls said the study "suggested that tea consumption may provide a relatively easy dietary intervention for reducing hormone-related cancer risk." Black Tea Can Lower Cholesterol Black tea lowers triglycerides—in fact, it's actually superior to green tea in doing so—and high triglycerides are strongly associated with a high risk of cardiovascular disease. It's also slightly better than green tea at inducing the body's powerful antioxidant superoxide dismutase (SOD)." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth About What You Should Eat and Why (Get the book.)

"This population based, case-control study examined the effects of green tea consumption on the risk of esophageal cancer in a group of 902 esophageal cancer patients between the ages of 30-74. Results showed green tea consumption had a significant, dose-dependent protective effect against esophageal cancer in women and significant protective effects in male and female smokers. —Y.T. Gao, et al.,' 'Reduced Risk of Esophageal Cancer Associated with Green tea consumption," Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 86(11), June 1, 1994, p. 855-858." - Gary Null, Ph.D., The Clinician's Handbook of Natural Healing (Get the book.)

"Short- and Long-Term Black tea consumption Reverses Endothelial Dysfunction in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease," Circulation, Vol. 104, No. 2 (July 2001); 151-156. 92 Jian, L., et al. "Protective Effect of Green Tea Against Prostate Cancer: a Case-Control Study in Southeast China," International Journal of Cancer, Vol. 108, No. 1 (Jan. 2004); 130-135. 93 Weisburger, J., "Tea and Health: the Underlying Mechanisms," Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine, Vol. 220 (1999); 271-275. 94 Muktar, H., et al. " - James Occhiogrosso, N. D., Your Prostate, Your Libido, Your Life (Get the book.)

"Recent studies suggest a beneficial link between tea consumption and cardiovascular health, reduced risk of certain types of cancer, and increasing bone density . . . Shouldn't tea be a major source of fluids in your diet? The council is the public relations arm of the Tea Association, a trade group that, among other things, works to "represent the tea industry against harmful allegations . . . and proactively address the general public on tea related issues." - Marion Nestle, What to Eat (Get the book.)

"A total of 2,266 patients, aged 30-74, with cancers of the colon, rectum, and pancreas were interviewed about their dietary habits (including tea consumption), medical history, and life styles. The results were matched with findings from 1,552 healthy individuals. Among regular tea drinkers (1 or more cups per week for at least 6 months), there was an overall lower risk of rectal and pancreatic cancers in men. But in women regular tea consumption was associated with a reduction in colon cancer as well. Dose responses were observed in both men and women." - volker schulz and Rudolf Hansel, Rational Phytotherapy: A Reference Guide for Physicians and Pharmacists (Get the book.)

"Many studies have linked green tea consumption to a reduced risk for prostate cancer. þ Modified citrus pectin has been shown to substantially inhibit the growth of cancer cells and is especially effective in combating prostate cancer. Q Pygeum and saw palmetto are helpful. European studies suggest pygeum may prevent prostate cancer. Q Resveratrol is a phytochemical derived from grapes that helps to maintain a healthy prostate. Q Turmeric is a spice that contains curcumin, an antioxidant that may be effective in controlling prostate cancer cells." - Phyllis A. Balch, CNC, Prescription for Nutritional Healing, 4th Edition: A Practical A-to-Z Reference to Drug-Free Remedies Using Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs & Food Supplements (Get the book.)

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