Ask the Doctor

Improve your man’s health with green tea

June 24th, 2010 |

Author: Elaine

My experiment of drinking hot tea instead of coffee and iced tea instead of soda pop is coming along well. I have to say I feel better. I really notice that I don’t have that acid-y feeling in my throat and stomach so I think this was a good change to make.

But what I wanted to tell you about today was something I learned while reading more about green tea. It was big news last summer that I didn’t hear about.

MedicalNewsToday.com gave this report in June, 2009:

According to results of a study published in Cancer Prevention Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, men with prostate cancer who consumed the active compounds in green tea demonstrated a significant reduction in serum markers predictive of prostate cancer progression.

Green tea could improve men's health.

I was reading a brochure from the Ask the Doctor series of literature at Natural Choices in Columbus, Indiana. It was for senior men (my husband is close to qualifying and I am always looking for ways to make him healthier … ) and Decker Weiss, NMD, was the doctor giving information. He said,

Green tea is the most widely consumed liquid in the world, after water. Men in China and Japan have been drinking it for centuries. They also have very low rates of prostate cancer. Research has discovered that a potent plan substance in green tea called epigallocatechin gallate, or EGCG, can stop the growth of prostate cancer cells dead in their tracks.

That certainly concurs with the results of the study, doesn’t it? I would say that if I can get my husband to drink green tea more often, since he already drinks tea instead of coffee, it would be good for his health.

My husband does a lot of things for me all the time. He’s a gem and I’d like to keep him around as long as possible, so switching his tea off to green tea may help me do that – and make him feel good knowing I am doing it especially for him!

I know I will be able to find a great selection of green teas at Natural Choices. Plus, I will be able to pick up one of the “Ask the Doctor” pieces of literature to bring home with the tea. As he always tells me, “It’s the little things in life that make him the happiest.” It may be a little thing to him, but keeping him healthy is a big thing to me.

– Ellie of the Natural Choices Blog Team