The hard data on the benefits of tea (white, green or black) is so compelling that I have no doubt that drinking it benefits everyone (including you) to some degree in some particular way.
What I mean is, you may be free of colon cancer today because of all the tea you've consumed over the years. Perhaps it hasn't impacted your liver histology in a way you can pinpoint and say....Aha! It's the tea! But for all you know, your histology might have been even worse if you hadn't been a regular tea drinker.
I'm the sort of person who needs hard data, not just wishful thinking, to persuade me to commitment my time, energy and financial resources to something. I've really done my homework on tea and, man oh man, the data truly is impressive.
Just my 2 cents worth.
Susan
I agree with you. I was just saying don't expect lower ALT, AST plus other noticeable differences because of tea consumption. I agree that drinking tea has great health advantages.
Peace be with you.
TonyZ
it will be your last tx my wife prays for all of us
You know, I just looked at my biopsy and it's not grade 3, it's grade 2. (No brain fog here!)
I've also been doing acupuncture since diagnosis, but not the herbs. My TCM doctor says that one uses western herbs or eastern herbs because they treat differently. This is my understanding of it: Chinese diagnosis are based on things like "heat" and "wind" and apparently western herbs like milk thistle are "cold," and the eastern herbs she wanted to give me were "hot" and one shouldn't take them together. But she does do the needle work and it helps many things including my menopause which troubles me far more than anything else going on with my body.
I have dicey thyroid on both sides of the family. My Dad had Graves disease and my aunt had hypothyroid. Of course I'm not certain that I would lose some thyroid function, but I've noticed that (at least on this board) it happens to women often.
I love drinking tea. I've been drinking lots of black tea for years and years. I don't care as much for green, white, and red (or even herb) but I'm working on it. Genmai cha (which is a Japanese roasted tea with rice) is pretty tasty. Also Kambucha (sp?) tea from Yogi is good and theoretically good for the immune system.
BTW, UDO'S CHOICE is a wonderful oil full of the Omega 3/6/9 complex and it even tastes good. I mix it with balsamic vinegar and put it on my salads. :)
Here are some great sites to learn about the African tea also to purchase them.
God Bless
<a href="http://my.webmd.com/content/article/14/1671_52295">Information about African Tea</a>
http://my.webmd.com/content/article/14/1671_52295
<a href="http://www.consciouschoice.com/2001/cc1406/rooibostea1406.html">More on Red Tea</a>
http://www.consciouschoice.com/2001/cc1406/rooibostea1406.html
<a href="http://rooibosusa.com/rooibos_tea.html">African Tea</a>
http://rooibosusa.com/rooibos_tea.html
<a href="http://africanbushtea.com/">African Bush Tea</a>
http://africanbushtea.com/
This stuff here is the best tasting tea I’ve ever had and it'snot expensive. No problem drinking 5 cups a day of this tea. Helps to keep me from snacking too.
http://www.englishteastore.com/whtea50teaba.html