Suara.com – Cancer occurs when the body loses control of human cells, then they multiply and divide at their own pace.
Cancer is one of the deadly chronic diseases, which should be prevented early. A person can pay attention to the development of cancer symptoms to take other preventive measures.
However, you need to know that there is one herbal tea that has been linked to 6 different forms of cancer. The herbal tea is Yerba Mate which comes from America.
Yerba mate is an herbal tea traditionally served in a gourd with a metal straw. This herbal tea has a high antioxidant content.
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In fact, this herbal tea is often compared to green tea which contains 90 percent more antioxidants.
Although this herbal tea has a lot of minerals and vitamins and antioxidants, research shows it can increase the risk of several types of cancer.
“High doses and prolonged use of mate tea are associated with an increased risk of prostate, bladder, mouth, esophagus, lung, and head and neck cancers,” said Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Express.
This is because this herbal tea contains polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), which are also found in roasted meats and tobacco smoke.
Research has shown that exposure to carcinogens can have serious implications for the immune, reproductive, and neurological systems.
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“They can also cause developmental effects and increase cancer risk,” explains Healthline.
In one preliminary study conducted in Uruguay, researchers found this mate tea drink was 60 percent more likely to develop lung cancer when compared to other teas.
The study, published in the journal Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention, was conducted on a sample of 1,000 Uruguayan adults.
The findings suggest that the drink may increase a person’s risk of developing respiratory or digestive cancers.
They also revealed patients were more likely to be diagnosed with small cell lung cancer, which is a less common form of the disease.
Small cell lung cancer is strongly associated with smoking, but the researchers controlled for this variable in this study.
The results were consistent with a further study published in the same journal in 2003, which looked at a sample of 800 adults.
This time, the results of the study revealed that mate tea can double the risk of esophageal cancer.
“Recent evidence suggests that mate tea may be a major source of PAH exposure, possibly causing as much exposure as tobacco smoking,” says the paper published in the peer-reviewed journal of Environmental Science and Technology in 2012.