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Tea consumption and risk of digestive system cancers

A new study investigated the association of regular tea intake (≥3 times/wk for >6 mo) with risk of digestive system cancers.

 

The study found fewer instances of these cancers in the subjects who consumed tea.

 

Tea consumption may reduce the risk of colorectal and stomach/esophageal cancers.

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Plant compounds tied to less stomach cancer in women: study

(Reuters) - Getting a moderate amount of plant substances called flavonoids through food may be linked to a lower stomach cancer risk in women - but not in men, according to a European study.

 

The researchers, writing in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, found that women with the highest intake of flavonoids were half as likely to develop the disease as women who had the smallest intake.

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