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What are some cancer cells that can develop when drinking green tea?

Or some possible health problems that is caused by drinking tea not the benefit

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  • Panda
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago
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    No one should be taking supplements, drinking green tea, or other alternative sources without first co-ordinating with their oncologist. Many of the herbals, supplements, and even green tea can interfere with the chemotherapy drugs and render the drugs less effective. It is critical that a patient discuss these issues with their doctor if they are planning to use herbals, supplements or drink green tea.

    There has been some research on green tea that shows it will interfere with the chemo drug Velcade (bortezomib). Studies are ongoing, but patients taking Velcade should discuss the issue with their doctor.

    There are many other examples of herbals or supplements interfering with traditional treatments so patients should become aware of the issue and make sure they understand the risks.

    http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSTRE5...

    "Chemicals in green tea called polyphenols - and in particular a potent and abundant one referred to as EGCG - can inactivate the drug, according to a new study.

    "We saw 100% inactivation of Velcade at levels easily achieved by patients who take green tea supplements, and possibly those who drink large amounts of tea," says cancer biologist Axel Schönthal of the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, who led the study.

    Velcade is used to treat multiple myeloma.

  • april
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    Green tea or any other color tea does not cause any kind of cancer or any kind of health problems. I've been drinking it for quite a while now, but not before my cancer was already growing. I drank it all through my chemo. Well coffee in morning and green tea at night.

    NOVA, stop spamming. You'll be reported!

  • ?
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    All of the what you are saying above is correct. However, simply be mindful of 1 matters: those are study findings, they don't seem to be one hundred% validated. For a improvement to be validated, it calls for scientists to appreciate why it really works. Scientists additionally must behavior big scale human trials. So simply undergo this in brain. As for lung melanoma, sure, inexperienced tea reduces lung melanoma chance. A inexperienced tea and smoking research carried out by way of University of Arizona in United States studied the consequences of smoking on heavy people who smoke. one hundred ladies and 33 guys participated within the research over four months. They drank both inexperienced tea, black tea or water. Researchers discovered that ingesting decaffeinated inexperienced tea reduces the phases of urinary eight-hydroxydeoxyguanosine (eight-OhdG). A marker of DNA harm, eight-OhDG is thought to factors cellphone harm. "What we discovered used to be a 25% shrink within the inexperienced tea institution," stated Dr Iman Hakim, who headed the research. However, no alterations have been obvious in individuals who drank black tea or water. Some participants lack the genetic potential to supply natural quantities of this moneymaking enzyme. Unable to detoxify themselves, they're extra inclined to setting up cancers. Hope it is helping.

  • 1 decade ago

    I have never heard this! I know that green tea is suppose to reduce the risk of certain cancers.

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