Researchers found a compound in the tea stops the virus binding to cells in the immune system.

Professor Mike Williamson, of Sheffield University said: “It could reduce the risk of infection and help slow the spread of HIV.”

But he added: “It is not a cure or safe way to avoid infection. It could be used to improve quality of life for those infected.”

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A 2007 Chinese study found that regular green tea drinkers are 37% less likely to suffer from colorectal cancers.

The study monitored 70,000 Chinese women aged 40 to 70 years for 6 years.

Another 2007 American study discovered that drinking 4 to 6 cups of green tea a day may dramatically reduce the risk of colorectal cancer in humans.

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Green Tea and Colon Cancer and Green Tea Protect Against Colon Cancer

Lung cancer is one of the most common disease nowadays. With small-cell carcinoma (SCLC), you have the worse of the lot.

SCLC represents 15 to 20 percent of all lung cancer cases. It is so fatal that more than 85 percent of the patients die within 5 years.

A breakthrough study conducted by Dr. Sadava of Keck Science Center, California, discovered that green tea antioxidant EGCG slow cancer growth by blocking enzyme telomerase.

Benefits of Drinking Green Tea Source: Green Tea and Lung Cancer

Green tea could prove the perfect elixir for severe sepsis, an abnormal immune system response to a bacterial infection.

Researchers from The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research have been studying the therapeutic powers of dozens of Chinese herbal compounds in reversing this fatal immune response that kills 225,000 Americans every year.

They found that an ingredient in green tea rescued mice from lethal sepsis – and the findings could pave the way to clinical trials in patients.

Benefits of Drinking Green Tea Source: Green Tea And Severe Sepsis

Dr. Radha Maheshwari, professor of Pathology at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU), and Rajesh Loganathan Thangapazham, a graduate student, have shown that green tea has antitumor effect in breast cancer cells.

Dr. Maheshwari discovered that green tea causes cancer cells to commit suicide and block their growth.

The study will be published in the Journal of Cancer Biology and Therapy, December 2007, Volume 6, Issue 12.

Benefits of Drinking Green Tea Source: Green Tea And Breast Cancer

A study conducted on rats found that green tea prevented the breakdown of nerve cells in the brain that are responsible for producing dopamine.

Dopamine is a brain chemical that coordinates body movement. As these cells deplete, a Parkinson’s disease patient find it increasingly difficult to carry out everyday activities such as walking, talking and eating.

Benefits of Drinking Green Tea Source:
Shuhong Guo, J.Yan, T. Yang, X. Yang, E Bezard and B. Zhao (2007). Protective effects of green tea polyphenols in the 6-OHDA rat model of Parkinson’s disease through inhibition of ROS-NO pathway. Biological Psychiatry 2007; 62 (12): 1353-1362.