TEA can not only stave off heart disease, cataracts, and even help women
conceive, it can also prevent colon cancer.
Green tea has long been known to protect against certain types of cancer, but
the fermentation process involved in making black tea was thought to destroy the
protective compounds.
Now researchers in Britain and Italy have found that if rats are given
extracts of black Assam tea—the equivalent of three or four cups a
day—their guts are protected against the effects of a known carcinogen
(Food and Chemical Toxicology, vol 38, p 1085). Other, common-or-garden
teas should…
