In the online article “The Plan to Reduce Cancer Risk” (Funk, K. 2016) it states that “Studies have found that green tea slows or prevents the development of cancer… There is a chemical in green tea that starves cancer cells” (Funk, K.) this is also supported in the Journal Article “Tea consumption and risk of ovarian cancer” (Nagle, C., Olsen, K., Bain, C., Whiteman, D., Green, A., and Webb, P. 2010) in which their results stated the same claim, though it was no concrete evidence “Our meta-analysis provided some evidence that women who drink green tea have a lower risk of ovarian cance” (Nagle, C.) although ovarian cancer was not one the types listed in the online article this is further proof that green tea does help with preventing cancer. With this in mind green tea by itself cannot completely prevent it, one needs a overall healthy lifestyle to get the full benefits of it “as expected green and herbal tea drinkers were more likely to engage in healthy lifestyle habits compared to other women. Among controls, tea drinkers were thinner, more physically active, more likely to report being non-smoker” (Nagle, C.) green tea drinkers who live this lifestyle, especially non-smokers, have the lowest risk of cancer development “Cigarette smoking leads to increased risk of lung cancer among other types… if you wear well, get exercise then you will have good health” (lecture notes week 1, slide 30 to 31) eating healthy and living a healthy lifestyle while consuming green tea is a factor clearly leading to the lowered risk of numerous types of
In the online article “The Plan to Reduce Cancer Risk” (Funk, K. 2016) it states that “Studies have found that green tea slows or prevents the development of cancer… There is a chemical in green tea that starves cancer cells” (Funk, K.) this is also supported in the Journal Article “Tea consumption and risk of ovarian cancer” (Nagle, C., Olsen, K., Bain, C., Whiteman, D., Green, A., and Webb, P. 2010) in which their results stated the same claim, though it was no concrete evidence “Our meta-analysis provided some evidence that women who drink green tea have a lower risk of ovarian cance” (Nagle, C.) although ovarian cancer was not one the types listed in the online article this is further proof that green tea does help with preventing cancer. With this in mind green tea by itself cannot completely prevent it, one needs a overall healthy lifestyle to get the full benefits of it “as expected green and herbal tea drinkers were more likely to engage in healthy lifestyle habits compared to other women. Among controls, tea drinkers were thinner, more physically active, more likely to report being non-smoker” (Nagle, C.) green tea drinkers who live this lifestyle, especially non-smokers, have the lowest risk of cancer development “Cigarette smoking leads to increased risk of lung cancer among other types… if you wear well, get exercise then you will have good health” (lecture notes week 1, slide 30 to 31) eating healthy and living a healthy lifestyle while consuming green tea is a factor clearly leading to the lowered risk of numerous types of