Yerba Mate and Cancer: Do Its Benefits Outweigh Its Risks?

Carcinogens like benzopyrene in cigarette smoke, grilled chicken, and yerba mate tea may explain higher rates of certain cancers in consumers. What about green tea? See: • Benefits of Green Tea for Boosting Antiviral Immune Function (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/benefits-of-green-tea-for-boosting-antiviral-immune-function/) • Can Green Tea Help Prevent Cancer? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/can-green-tea-help-prevent-cancer/) • Can Green Tea Help Treat Cancer? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/can-green-tea-help-treat-cancer/) • Treating Prostate Cancer with Green Tea (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/treating-prostate-cancer-with-green-tea/) • Preventing Prostate Cancer with Green Tea (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/preventing-prostate-cancer-with-green-tea/) • Tea and Artery Function (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/tea-and-artery-function/) New subscribers to our e-newsletter always receive a free gift. Get yours here: https://nutritionfacts.org/subscribe/. Have a question about this video? Leave it in the comment section at http://nutritionfacts.org/video/yerba-mate-and-cancer-do-its-benefits-outweigh-its-risks and someone on the NutritionFacts.org team will try to answer it. Want to get a list of links to all the scientific sources used in this video? Click on Sources Cited at https://nutritionfacts.org/video/yerba-mate-and-cancer-do-its-benefits-outweigh-its-risks. You’ll also find a transcript and acknowledgements for the video, my blog and speaking tour schedule, and an easy way to search (by translated language even) through our videos spanning more than 2,000 health topics. Thanks for watching. I hope you’ll join in the evidence-based nutrition revolution! -Michael Greger, MD FACLM Captions for this video are available in several languages; you can find yours in the video settings. View important information about our translated resources: https://nutritionfacts.org/translations-info/ https://NutritionFacts.org • Subscribe: https://nutritionfacts.org/subscribe • Donate: https://nutritionfacts.org/donate • Podcast : https://nutritionfacts.org/audio • Books: https://nutritionfacts.org/books • Shop: https://drgreger.org • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NutritionFacts.org • Twitter: https://twitter.com/nutrition_facts • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nutrition_facts_org