Thursday, August 30, 2007

Tea Antioxidants Found to Reduce the Risk of Skin Cancer

Skin cancer risk was observed to be less in those who take regular tea by researchers. EGCG, a tea oxidant is shown to reduce burning on ultraviolet exposed skin. However it is also found that those who have already had skin burns in the past, did not have the lower risk of skin cancer.


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But it doesn’t mean that one can go and expose to sun all the time. Extreme exposures are not covered. The tea antioxidant might be just limiting the skin damage caused by moderate exposure and not extreme exposures.

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