Green Tea and Breast Cancer

In the February 2014 issue of the Natural Medicine Journal, authors Alschuler and Gazella look at a study involving green tea and breast cancer.    There were 28 participants in the study, all of whom were post menopausal breast cancer patients in between the time of their diagnosis and the time of their surgery.  The participants either received green tea capsules (containing 725 mg of green tea and 314 mg of ECGC per cap at a dose of 3 capsules per day) or no green tea capsules.  The average length of time the participants were dosed with the green tea capsules was 35 days.  The participants who received the green tea capsules were found to have a lower biopsy tissue Ki-67 activity level (which reflects the level of cancerous cell growth) compared to the ones who did not receive the green tea capsules.  The equivalent dose of the capsules in tea form is 8-10 cups per day.  This study provides a great insight into a simple step for supporting and strengthening women's health as they navigate through a breast cancer diagnosis.