Today's Health Tip: Hot Tea with a Twist

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Monday, February 18, 2008 12:04 AM

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Today's Health Tip: Hot Tea with a Twist

 

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Dear Diana,

 

Here is your latest health tip on the topic of...

 

Prescription For Healthy Skin:

Hot Tea with a Twist

 

By Ralph Moss, Ph.D.

http://www.cancerdecisions.com

 

News from the breakfast front... start putting a twist of

lemon peel into your hot tea. The reason is a recent study

showing that people who drink hot tea with a twist of

citrus peel have far fewer cases of squamous cell

carcinomas (SCC) than those who do not.

 

Scientists at the University of Arizona studied the

drinking habits of 450 people, half of whom had SCC. They

found that those who regularly drank hot tea had a 40

percent reduction in the incidence of this common type of

skin cancer. But those who added a twist of citrus peel to

their hot tea had a remarkable 70 percent reduction. They

also had an equivalent reduction in severe sunburn, a

predisposing cause of squamous cell and other skin cancers

{Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2001 Jun;10(6):667-78}.

 

The Tucson scientists found no particular benefit (in this

regard) to citrus juice or citrus fruit... just the peel.

Citrus peels are the major source of a chemical called d-

limonene, which seems to have a protective effect against

skin cancer.

 

But why hot (and not iced) tea? The reason seems to be

that iced tea becomes too diluted to be of much benefit.

{Nutr Cancer 2000;37(2):161-8}.

 

These enterprising Arizonans hope to develop and market

food supplements for the prevention of skin cancer. Well,

good luck to them. But why would you purchase some

expensive tea-and-lemon peel pill when you can brew up a

delicious cup of the real thing for a couple of pennies?

 

So how about drinking more tea right now? I myself prefer

organic decaffeinated tea. Just keep a lemon and a

vegetable peeler handy. Twist the peel and you can

actually see the " zest " spritzing onto the surface of the

tea.

 

As to the iced tea question, I brew up a large teapot in

the morning and let the teabags soak for a while until the

tea gets very strong. I then take that strong tea and let

it return to a normal strength as it melts the ice cubes.

And then I twist some more lemon peel in for good measure.

 

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