Green tea for you and me

[Nagged]

This story is seems to be more about drinking tea in China than in Japan, but I wonder which particular tea they are talking about. (I teach English to a sensei of the tea ceremony and I'm still confused. )

Anyone here who can shed some light on the matter?

http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,7776384%255E1702,00.html

Green tea 'cuts prostate cancer risk'
By Tim Clarke
November 5, 2003

DRINKING green tea can dramatically reduce the risk of men contracting prostate cancer, a study by Australian researchers has discovered.

The study, by scientists at Perth's Curtin University and Zhejiang Cancer Hospital in China, discovered men who drink green tea daily have one-third the risk of prostate cancer compared with non-tea drinkers,

The habitual drinking of the tea over many years can reduce the risk even more, according to the study to be published in the International Journal of Cancer.

Professor Colin Binns, from Curtin's school of public health, led the Australian side of the study along with researchers Dr Andy Lee and Le Jian.

Dr Lee said green tea was the most prevalent in China, but black tea could be as beneficial.

[bejiita]

The sample size in your linked study was quite small. I'd rather listen to the Mayo Clinic. After all, they did successfully diagnose Mr. Burns's diseases.

But what do I know, I drink tons of green tea just cause I like the bitter taste.

[Taro Toporific]

.... I drink tons of green tea just cause I like the bitter taste.

Tea may offer treatment to fight HIV - Japan study
Tuesday November 11, 6:49 AM
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Japanese researchers said on Monday they had discovered a molecule in tea that could block the spread of the AIDS virus.
The lab findings could offer a novel way to combat the HIV infection by preventing the virus from spreading throughout the body, scientists said. Current treatments that target HIV fight the infection after it has spread.
Scientists at the University of Tokyo, led by Kuzushige Kawai, found a compound called epigallocatechin gallate or EGCG, the element believed to contain most of the health benefits found in green tea, rapidly attaches to the doorways that the AIDS virus uses to invade cells.