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Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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Curious information came from the University of Glasgow (Scotland): it turns out that men who love tea, are in a group at increased risk of prostate cancer. A report on the research on this topic is published by the journal Nutrition and Cancer.
Scottish scientists, 37 years of age who monitored the health of more than 6,000 volunteers, found that men who consume more than 7 cups of tea a day suffer from prostate cancer 1.5 times more often than those who do not notice this drink at all or at least limit yourself with four cups a day.
The study started in Scotland in the 1970s. About 6,000 volunteers aged 21 to 75 years were interviewed for their use of tea, coffee, alcohol and cigarettes. They were also asked about the general state of health, after which the initial physical examination was carried out. Less than a quarter of the 6,016 men surveyed turned out to be Tea Party enthusiasts. Of these, for the next 37 years, 6.4% were faced with an unpleasant diagnosis - prostate cancer. Moreover, according to the study, people who consumed 7 or more cups of tea a day fell into a group of significantly higher risk than those who did not pass the four-cup mark.
According to the authors of the work (and this is the most interesting), none of the previous studies revealed any connection between prostate cancer and the consumption of black tea, and in the case of green, there was even some positive effect.
Thus, despite 37 years of research, it is not possible to unequivocally state whether tea is a risk factor or simply people who drink a lot of tea (instead of coffee, alcohol and other drinks), generally have better health and more often live to that age, when prostate cancer becomes the most common diagnosis. Scientists from Glasgow notice that they tried to normalize the data taking into account the factor of the reached age, but even then the picture, unfortunately, did not change fundamentally ...
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