Study reports green tea could target pre-cancer proteins
Submitted on July 18, 2005 - 12:00am.
Adrien M. Martin - Summer 2005
WASHINGTON – Seated among the bustling lunchtime crowd at the gourmet tea shop Teaism, Shizuka Ogak, 27, poured herself a steaming cup of green tea.
She said she usually drinks about six cups a day, but that it would probably be more that day because at just past noon, she was already on her fourth cup.
Ogak, of Bethesda, Md., said she thinks “ryokucha” – the Japanese word for green tea – keeps her healthy, but she is not sure. Like many Japanese, she just grew up drinking it.
“We drink green tea kind of like Americans drink soft drinks, I think,” said Ogak, who is an administrative officer at the Japan International Cooperation Agency. “I'm pretty sure green tea is better for the body.”
She said she usually drinks about six cups a day, but that it would probably be more that day because at just past noon, she was already on her fourth cup.
Ogak, of Bethesda, Md., said she thinks “ryokucha” – the Japanese word for green tea – keeps her healthy, but she is not sure. Like many Japanese, she just grew up drinking it.
“We drink green tea kind of like Americans drink soft drinks, I think,” said Ogak, who is an administrative officer at the Japan International Cooperation Agency. “I'm pretty sure green tea is better for the body.”
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