Preventing cancer!!!?!

Preventing cancer!!!?

I heard that green tea is good for preventing cancer becauseit has antioxidants. is this true??? also, what other foods or drinks or whatever prevents cancer???

The short version is, no it has not been proven to prevent cancer, but then again it's harmless and tastes good, so why not? It's certainly better for you than other forms of caffeine like coffee or sodas.

Slightly longer version - lots of clinical trials in humans have been made, some support a cancer prevention effect, others contradict it. There is no definitive proof yet. These studies are notoriously difficult to conduct. Here's a slightly boring but very authoritative recap from the Nat'l Cancer Institute:

http://www.cancer.gov/newscenter/pressre...

Here's an even longer page on antioxidants in general, which lists other foods that contain it:

http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/facts...

Finally, here's a page on foods in general that may have some benefits against cancer. You'll notice that once again a lot of these are commonsense things which are not just limited to cancer. For example, obviously fatty foods are not good for you.

http://www.cancerproject.org/protective_...

So you don't need to be chugging 10 cups of green tea a day to prevent cancer, some simple changes to your diet may benefit your health in lots of ways.