Green Tea.......the Real Story?

Some of the conclusions the FDA reaches just amaze me.

Here’s what the “public health protectors” said recently:

"One weak and limited study does not show that drinking green tea reduces the risk of prostate cancer, but another weak and limited study suggests that drinking green tea may reduce this risk. Based on these studies, FDA concludes that it is highly unlikely that green tea reduces the risk of prostate cancer.”

If indeed these two studies are “weak”, how can the FDA conclude anything from them?

Heaven forbid the FDA might have to pronounce any alternative actually helpful.
Perhaps, they missed these studies:

In 2003, an Australian study found that regularly drinking green tea can reduce the risk of prostate cancer by two-thirds. http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/106556796/ABSTRACT

In 2004, American Association for Cancer Research published the results of a study that concluded that “Green Tea Polyphenols Thwart Prostate Cancer Development at Multiple Levels.” http://www.aacr.org/Default.aspx?p=1963&d=274

In 2005, the American Institute of Cancer Research published results indicating that green tea fights cancer http://www.aicr.org/press/pressrelease.lasso?index=2057

And then again in 2005 at the 96th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research, the results of a clinical study were announced that showed 90 percent efficacy of green tea in men with pre-malignant prostate lesions. http://www.aacr.org/Default.aspx?p=1066&d=432

So when the FDA pronounces something “highly unlikely” to be helpful, perhaps, you better do some research on your own.


Wishing you wellness and joy,
Pam Murphy,B.S.,RRT
http://pamsnutritionstore.com/