Originally published July 30 2005
Green tea may deliver cancer treatment
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
An ingredient in green tea has been found to be more potent than any other cancer-fighting drug on the market, reports fitcommerce.com.
This past July 14th at the International Research Conference on Food Nutrition and Cancer in Washington, 6 scientific papers linked green tea to the prevention of cancer.
EGCG targets HSP90, binds directly to it, and keeps it from passing on signals that can start the cancer process.
Researchers from the American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) presented evidence that a major component in green tea may mitigate the cancer process in an unforeseen manner.
New Evidence That Green Tea Short-Circuits the Cancer Process "We have determined that a unique quirk of biochemistry allows green tea's protective effects to extend to many different kinds of cells," said Dr. Thomas A. Gasiewicz, a Professor of Environmental Medicine at the University of Rochester Medical Center.
"In fact, the active green tea substance - called epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) - seems to target one protein that is particularly common throughout our bodies, and it does so with a degree of precision that cancer drugs still aren't able to match."
In a similar research findings in April 2004, Rochester, MN's Mayo Clinic found that EGCG helps kill leukemia cells by interrupting the communication signals they need to survive.
The protein that is targeted by the EGCG in green tea is called HSP90, which is present at higher levels in many cancer cells.
U.S. consumption in negligible compared to Asia where it is a staple.
This may account for the lower incidences of cancer in Asia when compared to the U.S.
EGCG is the White Knight "EGCG targets HSP90, binds directly to it, and keeps it from passing on signals that can start the cancer process," said Gasiewicz.
According to a AICR survey, less than 1 percent of Americans are drinking the equivalent amount (roughly 2 to 3 U.S. teacups) of green tea.
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