Vitamin E is an antioxidant, which can help the body reduce damage and disease caused by free radicals . In addition, the study suggests it may also slow the absorption of fat in the bloodstream. The study was funded by Quaker Oats. The research team was led by Dr. Yoshitaka Tsubono of the Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine in Japan. The study followed 26,000 men and women for 8 years, with findings of no health benefit in those who consumed large or small amounts of green tea.
Stomach cancer is the leading form of cancer in Japan among men and women.
In this latest study, researchers followed Japanese men and women over the age of 40 who resided in a rural region of Japan and asked them how much green tea they drank daily. However, investigators found no significant association between a diagnosis of cancer and the amount of green tea consumed. The researchers also found no association between the risk of developing stomach cancer and consuming either coffee or black tea. The ABC's of good nutrition are simple, if you put them all together in your life plan. The American Dietetic Association launches National Nutrition Month in March 2001.