Tea Fights Ovarian Cancer, study indicates!

A recently-published study has indicated that women who drink tea are less likely to develop ovarian cancer than those who do not drink tea.

In the study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, researchers evaluated a link between tea consumption and the risk of ovarian cancer in more than 60,000 women aged 40 to 76 in Sweden.

The women were asked to fill out questionnaires on food and beverages they consumed regularly. The participants were then followed for about 15 years. About two-thirds of the women indicated that they drank tea at least once a month.

During the follow-up period, 301 women were diagnosed with ovarian cancer, and the researchers were able to correlate tea drinking with lowered ovarian cancer risk.

Researchers found the more tea women drank, the lower their risk of ovarian cancer. Women who drank at least 2 cups of tea per day had a 46% lower risk of ovarian

cancer compared with women who do not drink tea. The study further showed that each additional cup of tea was associated with an 18% lower risk of ovarian cancer. They say the ovarian cancer prevention benefits also extended to women who drank coffee in addition to tea.

Several studies have suggested that both green and black tea may protect against various cancers. But researchers say this is the first study to look specifically at the relationship between drinking tea and the risk of ovarian cancer. They hasten to add that more studies are needed to confirm the relationship between tea and cancer.