Topic: Green tea a day helps keep the oncologist away!!

Jun 15, 2013 01:41PM - edited Jun 15, 2013 01:54PM by laura_apinkribbon

EXCELLENT!  I was lax during chemo - tea and coffee made me sick! 

Jun 15, 2013 03:36PM curveball wrote:

I prefer the flavor of black tea, but I've started drinking some of the "Fusion" blended teas from Stash. These are a combination of black and green tea. Since I probably drink at least six cups of tea a day, if these blends are half green that should be equivalent.

I will blame it on chemo-brain that it has taken me several months to think of just buying loose green and black teas separately and mixing them myself, instead of the individually wrapped teabags with only twenty in a box! That way I'll avoid the excessive packaging and probably save money too.

Jul 20, 2013 12:48AM CassDugan wrote:

I'm with you, mumofone. I've been drinking it for years and yet...

Lately I've been fooling around with brewing green tea cold. I toss the leaves and cold water into a jar and then put it into the 'fridge at least overnight. I only have Dragon Well and Imperial Gunpowder in the house but both are very good this way. Preferable, even, I think. The flavor is fuller and less astringent.

I don't know if this method extracts the healthful polyphenols as well as brewing with heated water. It must still be extracting the caffeine because I haven't had any caffeine withdrawal headaches.

Jul 20, 2013 05:59PM - edited Jul 20, 2013 06:01PM by CassDugan

Matcha, as I understand it, is not simply powdered green tea. It's a particular type processed in a certain way, then ground into an ultrafine powder. The matcha powder is added to things or brewed and then not filtered out as one would with tea leaves. I have wanted to try it for years. I bulk order my tea. When I've seen matcha, it's been quite expensive. Someday, if I can ever find it in a small enough quantity to try.

Jul 20, 2013 11:08PM CassDugan wrote:

Simpson & Vail (svtea.com) and Upton Tea (uptontea.com) are two excellent sources for buying loose tea in bulk. There's a bit of sticker shock ordering once a year but it is better quality than most bagged teas. Proper brewing usually allows for at least two steepings.

Green refers to how the tea has been processed rather than the color of the beverage it produces. If you search, Upton has an excellent set of pages in which the distinctions between types of tea (e.g. white, green, black, oolong, etc.) and the processing necessary to produce each type. Both sites provide thorough descriptions of the brew a tea is expected to produce, including color.

Sep 26, 2013 10:21AM cp418 wrote:

My favorite is BRASSICA Green tea with orange flavor - found in Wegmans.

Feb 22, 2019 01:20PM santabarbarian wrote:

Matcha is great in a smoothie... much higher dose of the active ingredient. If you hate green tea you can take the active ingredient in tea as a supplement. It's called EGCg.

Mar 10, 2019 06:15PM ghostie13 wrote:

Do the green teas supplements provide the same protection? I can't drink tea, kills my bladder....

Mar 10, 2019 08:35PM santabarbarian wrote:

Cruciferous vegs, alliums (onions, garlic etc) & mushrooms are some of the healthiest stuff you can eat. Plus green leafy veggies. Include all the colors of the rainbow, like purple cabbage and orange bell pepper... If you hate cruciferous veggies, the key ingredient is sulfurophane. I think healthy diet plus supplementing the key nutrients you may be short on is very sensible to prevent inflammation, which is cancer promoting.

Nov 29, 2020 11:45AM Romy103 wrote:

Would people talk about the water they use to make green tea or just in general. How do we ensure the water we're drinking is safe? Do you drink tap water, spring water, reverse osmosis water or filtered water--if so what kind of filter and is it easy to change?

Thanks!

Nov 29, 2020 05:02PM exbrnxgrl wrote:

I use a combo of tap water and filtered water through my refrigerator door. I actually love water and the water from my fridge is deliciously cold. I went through a short phase where I was extremely diligent about anything I ate or drank. It was not enjoyable or relaxing to maintain that level of vigilance, particularly since I already had a good diet. I have been stage IV with no progression for over 9 years. I am not going to claim that it is because of the water I drink or my diet but I think the stress and lack of enjoyment I experienced on a more restricted diet was not helpful. However, I know others find it comforting to be more proactive about water/diet and that’s great. It just wasn’t my cup of tea

Aug 13, 2021 10:54PM Mustards1mom wrote:

What brand of green tea would you recommend to be the best?

I like cold prefixed green tea, does it provide the same benefits?

Aug 14, 2021 12:21PM Esther01 wrote:

I wonder if cold prefixed green tea preserves the polyphenols the same as it does when the leaves are heated or steamed. Thanks Lilly, I didn't know that Costco had it! I'm going to check it out. Here's an interesting link Dr. Veronique Desaulniers on the benefits of Matcha green tea.

https://breastcancerconqueror.com/matcha-green-tea-is-a-mighty-breast-cancer-buster/

Blessings,

Esther