When it comes to your prostate health, the more information you have that may help cut your risks of developing this common male cancer, the better.  We all know that the earlier you can catch prostate cancer the better, and supposedly research is being carried out in Asia that is producing compelling evidence that men who drink vast amounts of green tea, a known antioxidant powerhouse, have a much lesser chance at developing advanced prostate cancer.

What’s a “vast amount” of prostate cancer?  Well, five cups a day!  Even when compared to men who only drank one cup of green tea every single day, men who consumed five cups a day of the tea actually had much lesser chances of developing advanced prostate cancer. 

There is still more research and testing to be done of course on why and how much of the stuff you have to drink to get the benefits, but I’d say this makes a rather compelling case for introducing green tea into your diet and getting to like the taste, especially if you are in the age group where prostate cancer starts to become more of a risk. 

Another reason to drink tea is more or less somewhat anecdotal when it comes to prostate cancer occurrence and prevention.  Asian men tend to get prostate cancer much less than western societies, and this may be partly due to the fact that they consume a lot more green tea, as is customary in this part of the world.  Now, we could say that asian men may be just genetically less predisposed to prostate cancer to begin with, but the studies also indicate that green tea has something to do with their impressively lesser rate of cancer there. 

Green tea also presents a bevy of other health benefits, including increased energy, even better skin, so it makes sense to try to fit this powerful drink into your diet anyways, right?