light em up!

Great news for those without any self respect. A new study has found the drinking copious amounts of green tea may help to dampen the effects of smoking on your lungs. Now if only it could help with the secondary smoke your kids have to suck in, the nicotine stains on walls and clothing and the damage it does to the environment. heres the article


CORONADO, Calif.—Drinking green tea could alter the effect of smoking on lung cancer, according to a study presented at the American Association for Cancer Research-IASLC Joint Conference on Molecular Origins of Lung Cancer Jan. 11-14.

Researchers enrolled 170 patients with lung cancer and 340 healthy patients as controls. They administered questionnaires to obtain demographic characteristics, cigarette smoking habits, green tea consumption, dietary intake of fruits and vegetables, cooking practices and family history of lung cancer. They also performed genotyping on insulin-like growth factors as polymorphisms on the following insulin-like growth factors: IGF1, IGF2 and IGFBP3, which have all been reported to be associated with cancer risk.

Among smokers and non-smokers, those who did not drink green tea had a 5.16-fold increased risk of lung cancer compared with those who drank at least one cup of green tea per day. Among smokers, those who did not drink green tea at all had a 12.71-fold increased risk of lung cancer compared with those who drank at least one cup of green tea per day.

Researchers suspect genetics may play a role in this risk differential. Green tea drinkers with non-susceptible IGF1 (CA)19/(CA)19 and (CA)19/X genotypes reported a 66-percent reduction in lung cancer risk as compared with green tea drinkers carrying the IGF1 X/X genotype. Heavy smokers carrying susceptible IGF1, IGF2 and IGFBP3 genotypes also had a higher risk of lung cancer compared with nonsmokers carrying non-susceptible IGF1, IGF2 and IGFBP3 genotypes.
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* American Association for Cancer Research: Green Tea Could Modify the Effect of Cigarette Smoking on Lung Cancer Risk

T'Tea

here is an interesting piece of research. Turns out that not only does coffee shrink breasts, but tea protects them!

Three cups of tea a day could help keep breast cancer at bay among younger women, researchers have found.
A US study discovered an increased intake of tea reduced the risk among ladies under the age of 50 by up to 37%.
The threat of another type of tumour, affecting the lobes deep inside the breast tissue, was cut by two thirds, the researchers at the Moffitt Cancer Centre in Florida found.
Britain's favourite drink may not help older generations fight the disease though.
The study published in Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention found senior drinkers to be unaffected.
The results have prompted theories that tea can help fight tumours common among young women.
Thousands are battling breast cancer
Researchers compared the lifestyles of 5,000 women with breast cancer to a similar number without the disease.
The results will be welcomed by the 41,000 women, and around 300 men, who are diagnosed with breast cancer in the UK every year.
Tea, particularly green tea, contains plant-based disease fighting polyphenols, which are believed to account for the cancer protection.
And that is not the only health benefits daily tea consumption brings.
Previous studies have found these to include a lower risk of heart attack and stroke, a lower cholesterol level, improved blood pressure management and alleviation of symptoms for common illnesses.
:: For more information and support see Breakthrough Breast Cancer or Breast Cancer Care.