Two New, Cancer-Fighting TeaForHealth Green Tea Products, Presentation of ''The Science of Tea As Medicine'' and Q&A on FDA Qualified Health Claim for Green Tea
Posted on: Tuesday, 6 September 2005, 12:00 CDT
Dr. Lee's TeaForHealth(TM) will introduce two new, cancer-fighting TeaForHealth Green Tea products, and Dr. Lee will speak on "The Science of Tea as Medicine" plus answer questions from press regarding the FDA qualified health claim for green tea. The special event is held during the International Complementary & Natural Healthcare Expo & Conference.
What: Press conference, presentation, Q&A and tea tasting. TeaForHealth will introduce two new, cancer-fighting Green Tea products, Dr. Lee will speak on "The Science of Tea as Medicine" plus answer questions regarding the FDA qualified health claim for green tea. Tea tasting to follow. This special event is open to press and invited guests only, and held during the International Complementary & Natural Healthcare Expo & Conference (CAM Expo) to be held in the Los Angeles Convention Center from October 7th to 9th, 2005 . Who: Sin Hang Lee, M.D., the practicing pathologist who requested the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to authorize the first qualified green tea health claim to be used on food labels. Dr. Lee has more than 40 years of medical practice experience in cancer diagnosis and analysis of cancer treatment complications. Dr. S.H. Lee graduated from Wuhan Medical College, China, in 1956 and is qualified to practice medicine in the United States, United Kingdom and Canada. When: October 7, 2005 at 3:00-5:00pm PDT Where: At the International Complementary & Natural Healthcare Expo & Conference (CAM Expo; at the Los Angeles Convention Center), room #410. Interested persons are invited to call 1-203-385-3836. Why: Green tea is known to inhibit initiation, promotion and progression of cancer development and enhance anticancer activities of certain chemotherapeutic drugs. According to the pharmacodynamics data of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Division of Cancer Control and Prevention, daily consumption of 1200 ml (40 ounces) of green tea containing 710 mcg/ml EGCG is equivalent to 1.5 times the lowest effective anticancer dose in a 70-kg (154-lbs) person. Dr. Lee's TeaForHealth is the only product currently on the market known to meet the NCI de facto standard for Green Tea and cancer combat. Recently the FDA granted Dr. Lee's TeaForHealth a qualified health claim for drinking green tea to reduce the risk of the breast cancer and prostate cancer and is continuing examination of scientific information.
Source: Business Wire
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