Ask the doctor: Drinking green tea may lower health risks
I keep hearing that green tea is good for warding off cancer. Should I become a regular tea drinker to reap the benefits?
Finally, green tea may lower the risk of heart disease and stroke. For example, a very large study of over 40,000 Japanese adults found that people who drank more than five cups of green tea a day had a 26% lower risk of death from heart attack or stroke, and a 16% lower risk of death from all causes.
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