I believe that making small changes in diet and nutrition can have an absolutely huge impact on overall health. A couple of years ago, I turned my diet upside down and began eating mostly organic. I cut out lots of the foods that I knew were bad for me and quickly noticed a big difference. Within a couple of months I felt way better, lost weight, my painful periods became less significant and was fatigued far less often.

I thought to myself,” not bad for a few easy changes.” I’ve always been a caffeine junkie, and I knew I should probably ease up on my daily caffeine intake. I switched from coffee to green tea and it was a bit difficult at first. Then I read something that made the switch worthwhile and then some.

A study out of the University of Mississippi found that an anti-oxidant in green tea, EGCG, had a major impact on preventing breast tumor growth, well in mice anyway. This really blew my mind.

As I mentioned in my last blog entry, a few years ago my grandmother died of breast cancer and I was just amazed to read that something as simple as drinking green tea or taking EGCG could have potentially had such an impact. Perhaps she would have lived longer with a little green tea.

The researchers concluded that with frequent use of EGCG, tumor growth was significantly impacted. Facts such are these are why I started this blog. I wanted to let other people know that a really easy and simple change in diet might very well save their life. In a way that is crazy isn’t it? A few simple changes in diet might save your life and prolong your life.

Personally, I don’t have any food that I love enough to die for-no matter what I may say in a moment of weakness. If you are still not convinced here is more good news about green tea and its powerful antioxidant EGCG. EGCG appears to have a powerful impact on other cancers as well. The results with breast cancer are really exciting; apparently they reduced tumor size by about seventy percent. Seventy percent, that is pretty amazing.

But, wait it gets even more amazing. A study out of Nagoya University Medical School in Japan on mice, yes once again poor little mice, found that the group that was given the green tea extract EGCG survived breast cancer about ninety-four percent of the time. The survival rate for the mice not treated with EGCG was about thirty-three percent. The scientists have concluded that green tea has the ability to prevent some of the DNA damage caused by free radical. To be blunt, this is some powerful stuff folks.

I take EGCG every day and drink at least a couple of cups of green tea and often a lot more. This is such a great example of how a small change can totally change your overall health and maybe save your life. Its an inexpensive change, its easy and now that you know, don’t you think you should be doing it?

Here are a couple of sites where you can read more

http://www.webmd.com/breast-cancer/news/20080407/green-tea-ingredient-slows-breast-cancer

http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2008/04/08/Green_tea_inhibits_breast_cancer_in_mice/UPI-48551207672622/

http://www.green-tea-health-news.com/breast-cancer-survival-rate.html