Originally published January 10 2006
Researchers in Sweden believe daily tea drinking can reduce the risk of ovarian cancer
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
Although they believe more studies are necessary, researchers Susanna Larsson and Alicja Wolk of the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm have published their study in the Archives of Internal Medicine, and it claims that drinking two or more cups of tea each day significantly reduces women's risk of developing ovarian cancer.
Swedish researchers have found tantalizing but far-from-conclusive evidence that drinking a couple of cups of tea every day might help reduce the risk of developing ovarian cancer.
The study involved 61,057 Swedish women who answered a questionnaire about their diets and then were tracked for an average of 15 years through 2004.
During that time, 301 women developed ovarian cancer.
Those who reported drinking two or more cups of tea a day were 46 percent less likely to develop the disease than women who drank no tea.
Researchers Susanna Larsson and Alicja Wolk of the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm said more research is needed to sort out the inconsistencies.
Their study was published in Monday's Archives of Internal Medicine.
"If these findings are real, they'd be important because ovarian cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer death in women," said Marji McCullough, a nutritional epidemiologist at the American Cancer Society.
Dr. Julie Buring of Harvard's Brigham and Women's Hospital, who studies chronic diseases and cancer, said that factors other than tea drinking might explain the results, and that the tea drinkers may have been healthier than the other women.
"Certainly the idea of exploring agents or lifestyles that could make a difference on ovarian cancer would be very timely and important," Buring said.
"My concern is with these kinds of studies, that people who drink two cups of tea daily are different from people who don't in ways that go through their whole lifestyle."
On average, U.S. women face about a 1-in-58 chance of developing the disease.
It is hard to detect early because its symptoms, including abdominal bloating, indigestion and urinary urgency, can be vague and mimic less serious conditions.
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