According to a study published in the March issue of the International Journal of Cancer, Chinese women who consumed mushrooms and green tea had a lower risk of breast cancer than those who did not.
The results were based on face-to-face interviews conducted in 2004 and 2005 with 1,009 female patients age 20 to 87 with histologically confirmed breast cancer, as well as with an equal number of healthy women in the same age group. Researchers asked the women questions about mushroom and tea consumption, diet and lifestyle.
They found a statistically significant trend of inverse relationship between mushroom eating and breast cancer. It was even more remarkable when tea drinking was added.
"We conclude that higher dietary intake of mushrooms decreased breast cancer risk in pre- and post-menopausal Chinese women and an additional decreased risk of breast cancer from joint effect of mushrooms and green tea was observed," the abstract stated.
The conclusion added that further research exploring the relationship between mushrooms, tea and breast cancer was warranted.
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