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| Survey: in U.S., Green Tea Ranks Last --Consider Adding Green Tea to Healthy Diets, AICR Says |
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Washington, D.C. - infoZine - At an event held in conjunction with its yearly International Research Conference on Food, Nutrition and Cancer, the American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) today released the results of two surveys on green tea consumption in the U.S. An AICR survey of 1,008 Americans telephoned at random found that green tea is the least popular non-alcoholic beverage in the United States. This was echoed by a separate AICR survey of 1,016 Americans which revealed that only 8 percent of Americans say they drink green tea regularly (5 or more times a week). The AICR cancer experts said the survey results are significant because an increasing amount of scientific evidence - including six papers presented at the International Research Conference on Food, Nutrition and Cancer for the first time - suggests that regular drinking of green tea may have a role in preventing a variety of cancers. "Our survey shows that consumption of green tea in the U.S. is remarkably low. The overwhelming majority of Americans may be cutting themselves off from the very cancer-protective, health-promoting effects that are beginning to show up again and again in the scientific literature," said Jeffrey R. Prince, AICR Vice President for Education. Seven in ten U.S. respondents (68 percent) said they drank green tea rarely or never, compared to only 8 percent of Japanese respondents. A total of 22 percent of Americans said they drank green tea at least once a week. (This figure was achieved by adding together all those who answered "Once or twice a week," "three or four times a week" and "five or more times a week.") In Japan, an overwhelming 85 percent of respondents said they drank green tea at least once a week. Only 8 percent of Americans make green tea a regular part of their diet, and drink it five or more times a week. In Japan, 65 percent of the population drinks green tea five or more times a week. AICR Suggests Increasing Consumption of Green Tea According to tea industry figures, American consumption of green tea has jumped in the last four years from just 4 percent of all tea consumed in the U.S. to approximately 9 percent today. AICR believes this trend should continue, and urges those concerned about lowering risk for cancer to consider adding green tea to a diet that is rich in a variety of plant foods and low in fat and salt. The AICR announcement is based on the ever-growing amount of research on the cancer-protective potential of green tea (see the AICR Fact Sheet: Green Tea) and the results of these latest AICR surveys showing that consumption in the U.S. remains very low. Source: infozine.com July 18, 05 |
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