Eighty percent of all tea consumed is black tea. And, according to scientists at the American Health Foundation, black tea also has health benefits. Dr. McLaughlin attributed the extraordinary results to polyphenols in the tea that protect against cancer by inhibiting enzymes that produce cancer-producing substances. Two of the inciting causes of esophageal cancer are tobacco and alcohol. Interestingly, green tea was not able to appreciably reduce the incidence of this cancer among heavy smokers and drinkers, or protect people who regularly drank burning-hot fluids, like soup.
Green tea is available in most health food stores or Asian markets.
Significant cancer protection can be had for pennies a day. Many cancer patients are now drinking green tea, believing that what helps prevent cancer may have a beneficial effect in fighting the disease. Ralph W. Moss, Ph.D. is director of the The Moss Reports for cancer patients. Dr. Moss is the author of eleven books and three documentaries on cancer-related topics. He is or has been an advisor on alternative cancer treatments to the National Institutes of Health, the National Cancer Institute, the American Urological Association, Columbia University, the University of Texas, the Susan G. Komen Foundation and the German Society of Oncology.