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evergreen · 10-22-2012, 09:08 PM

I drink a cup of green tea, the Japanese Sencha variety, three times a day. Dr. Richard Beliveau, researcher and author of "Foods That Fight Cancer", recommends that variety as being very high in the EGCG component. He also recommends using loose tea, vs tea bags, and steeping the tea for 8 to 10 minutes, to allow full extraction of the EGCG.
Most Chinese grocery stories carry leaf Sencha teas. But try to get the one grown in Japan, not China.

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evergreen Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 62	Re: The Antitumor Mechanisms Of Green Tea Extract In Breast Cancer Prevention I drink a cup of green tea, the Japanese Sencha variety, three times a day. Dr. Richard Beliveau, researcher and author of "Foods That Fight Cancer", recommends that variety as being very high in the EGCG component. He also recommends using loose tea, vs tea bags, and steeping the tea for 8 to 10 minutes, to allow full extraction of the EGCG. Most Chinese grocery stories carry leaf Sencha teas. But try to get the one grown in Japan, not China. __________________ Dx Nov 2010 at age 65 - 3.5 cm invasive ductal, 8 of 15 nodes. ER-,PR-, HER+++. Lumpectomy, chemo, 6 weeks rads, 52 weeks herceptin finished April 2012. CAT,PET, bone scan, ultrasound and mammogram in Spring 2012 - NED. Cherishing every day, but realistically "watching my back" (or should I say "front"? Eating foods thought to fight cancer, exercising every other day,using my garden as my mecca of peace, and loving my supportive husband more than ever.