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Post by suze on Jun 5, 2010 5:49:13 GMT
In Foods To Fight Cancer Prof Beliveau and Dr Gingas have 11 chapters on foods they call nutraceuticals: foods which are specifically good at targetting cancer. I'm going to do a little thread on each one which sums up the value of the particular food or food group and then where we can add our own comments or recipes etc for each one.
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Post by suze on Jun 5, 2010 7:15:17 GMT
Green Tea The cup that cheers.
Another powerful inhibitor for angiogenesis. Some green teas are better than others in terms of active ingredients. Look for Japanese, and if you can remember the words, seek out: Ggyokuro or Sencha types, reputedly the best!
Summary page 115 1. Green tea contains large amounts of catechins which have many anti-cancer properties.
2. Drink it every day, allow it to brew for at least 10 minutes and space it out at regular intervals least three times in the day!
3. If you fancy a cup of black, get Darjeeling cos it is unusual as the only black tea having catechins too.
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Post by anne on Jun 5, 2010 23:01:19 GMT
I buy another Japanese tea called Bancha, from a stall in Bath market. Will send you some when I'm next there ..
I must admit to prefering tea with lots of milk, and you can just about get away with this in Darjeeling, but not the green teas unfortunately. I'm going to try iced tea, the way the Americans drink it ... presumably this is just as good?
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Post by suze on Jun 6, 2010 7:52:18 GMT
I think hot or cold isn't an issue, but in the book he says drink it within an hour ..
we are just getting used to no milk ... if you take it extra weak to start off with it's easier!
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Post by suze on Jun 6, 2010 9:46:39 GMT
Brigid was in Korea a couple of years ago and they only offer green tea .. but they take it with milk --- so obviously it suits some ppl to put milk in green tea .. but I dont like it ..
this time of year we make our own mint tea by just steeping a few crushed leaves in boiling water .. very rrefreshing and lovely!
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Post by leah on Jun 6, 2010 13:59:45 GMT
I found Japanese Sencha tea and drink at least 4 cups a day. It took some getting used to but now its great. I have a small teapot and brew it in there and then drink the lot.
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Post by jjuulliieett on Oct 13, 2010 16:27:52 GMT
What is the problem with adding milk to green tea? I use rice and/or soy milk in mine. Does it negate the quality ingredients?
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Post by suze on Oct 13, 2010 19:52:05 GMT
hiye juliet, and welcome to these boards
re your question about milk in green tea -- I dont think anything is wrong with it, I just do not care for the test of cow's milk in green tea, and also we are trying to drink less milk cos of the omega 6: omega 3 ratio issue ... I see you use rice or soya milk yourself
I'm not in anyway an expert, but I do not think the milk would stop the tea's properties, aren't the koreans one of the nations quoted for low cancer rates? They drink it with milk there!
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Post by anne on Nov 25, 2010 23:03:20 GMT
I think my attitude to milk in green tea is the appearance - it basically looks like watered down hot milk. It's aesthetic more than anything else.
I've been making tea in a proper teapot recently - Marks and Spencer household tea and gunpowder tea 50:50.
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Post by suze on Apr 14, 2012 19:10:28 GMT
Isn't gunpowder tea a green tea?
I have been feeling a bit bilious of late and find that Whittard Peach flavour green tea is more palatable and less nausea inducing than most!
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Post by suze on Apr 14, 2012 19:14:54 GMT
Clearsprings teasQuite an interesting back-ground to their tea production .. this is my favoured make, cos it is good and widely available in health shops and sometimes Sainsbos!
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Post by Mark on Apr 15, 2012 11:35:48 GMT
I also would recommend the Clearspring Japanese Sencha, I drink nothing else in the evening. It really does stain the cup, so not sure what effect it has on the guts. Maybe need to fish out the tea bag instead of leaving it to stew. Clearspring do an organic Japanese 'Tamari Soya Sauce' which is right nice.
I think gunpowder is a green tea, tried it with milk once and it wasn't so good, better without. I agree too much of any tea can be a bit acid and cause biliousness.
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Post by suze on Apr 15, 2012 14:13:57 GMT
I love that Tamari soy, also part of the anti-cancer diet guidelines!
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Post by chools on Apr 16, 2012 19:18:03 GMT
You can add peppermint leaves to green tea to make a nice drink, takes some of the bitterness off the green tea
Only ever have tamari here rather than soya sauce, I think it's a byproduct of making miso (something else I have on my list to items to make)
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Post by suze on Apr 17, 2012 7:00:34 GMT
Don't you have a teapot, Mark .. let that take the strain of the stain?
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