When you receive the Seal you will begin to take care of your health. One of the simplest ways you can do this is to start drinking more green tea, which has recently been found to inhibit growth of prostate cancer.
A Japanese study involved nearly 50,000 men between 40 years old and 69 years old, tracking them for 14 years. Each of the men had prostate cancer, but those who drank 5 or more cups of green tea a day cut the risk of their cancer progressing in half. The other men in the study drank one cup a day or less. The study was done by the National Cancer Center of Tokyo. They say it is the first study to show that it inhibits the growth of prostate cancer so it does not spread.
The catechin in green tea may have fought the growth of the cancer cells and it may have reduced testosterone, another thing that could have cut off the cancer cells, since testosterone encourages their growth. The main antioxidant in green tea is epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) and is known for doing the heavy lifting in fighting cancer. The antioxidants are able to destroy oxidants like free radicals before they can damage cells.
Another Japanese study showed that drinking only 2 or 3 cups a day can slow a receptor which produces lung cancer cells. So drinking it can fight the spread of lung cancer as well as prostate cancer.
It has also been shown in other studies to help fight the spread of breast cancer and gastric cancer. In addition, it boasts a host of other health benefits, like increasing metabolism. It increases metabolism and fat oxidation in those who drink it. Of course, if you want even faster fat oxidation then you can drink some oolong tea, which is the fastest fat-burner of all the teas.
And it makes you more alert in a way coffee just can not do. Tea contains L-theanine, an amino acid that goes into your brain when you drink tea and calms you down and makes you more alert at the same time. The results of one study showed that tea drinkers (of black tea) produced much more anti-bacterial proteins in their blood than coffee drinkers, up to 5 times more. That shows that the immune system response is increased with drinking tea.
Other studies have shown that cognitive impairment in the elderly is reduced by drinking green tea. And studies have shown that tea drinkers have lower levels of the stress hormone cortisol. The polyphenols in tea have been shown by one study to combat bad breath by killing the bacteria that cause it. But there is one little drawback to drinking green tea: fluoride.
The tea plant Camellia Sinensis absorbs a higher amount of fluoride from the soil than does any other plant. Fluoride is poisonous for people. The more mature the leaves of the tea plant, the more fluoride is found in them. But in spite of the fluoride (if you are really worried about it switch to the healthier white tea) tea, especially the common green tea, is a food which many studies have shown is good for your health.
When you are sealed God will show you how to start taking care of your health. One of the things you can do is switch from coffee to tea, perhaps green tea. You will still get caffeine but less of it. And that will help you fight cancer if you ever develop any of it. Tea drinking is one of the enjoyable ways to preserve your health, among the ways God will show you when you receive the Seal.
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