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How to Prevent Colon Cancer with Green Tea

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By Chris Sherwood
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Green Tea
Green Tea

More and more research has been coming out in recent years that green tea has important elements that shut down key molecules that colon cancer relies on to develop and spread. Drinking a glass of green tea with each meal can easily drop your risks of colon cancer with minimal effort on your part.

From Quick Guide: About Bowel Cancer
Difficulty: Easy
Instructions

Things You'll Need:

  • Green tea leaves
  • Filtered hot water
  1. Step 1

    Your first step in preventing colon cancer with green tea is learning how to make it. If you make it the incorrect way, you may end up with a bitter tasting or just plain nasty concoction of tea leaf and water--not very pleasant. So your first step is getting the right proportions of ingredients. About 1 teaspoon of green tea to 1 cup of water is about right.

  2. Step 2

    Place the desired amount of Green Tea leaves in a tea strainer. Use the 1 teaspoon to 1 cup guideline and multiply that by however many servings you desire.

  3. Step 3

    Heat up the filtered water in a glass or stainless steel pan to just below boiling point. Take the water off the stove and pour it through the strainer over the green tea leaves.

  4. Step 4

    Steep the green tea leaves for about 2 minutes. Anything more than 3 minutes will probably cause the tea to become bitter, so set a timer just to be sure you don't forget.

  5. Step 5

    Let the green tea cool for a little bit and then enjoy. You'll have great tasting tea and you will be helping fight colon cancer, all at the same time.

Tips & Warnings
  • Many people do not have time to make their own green tea, and store bought green tea provides not quite as much of potency. However, it still provides the same benefits as homemade.
  • Many storebought varieties of green tea are stocked full of sugars and preservatives. Opt for teas that are low in sugar, or sugar free.

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