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CLL leukemia: Just diagnosed, what can be done?

Blood Cancers & Disorders | Last Active: Oct 25, 2023 | Replies (187)
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Hello Kellim. My understanding is that Mayo suggests 2 cups green tea per day based on their study results using EGCG. I'm in "WATCH AND WAIT". It was found green tea helped slow progression during early disease. It has reduced swelling in my legs immensely. Most days I drink 3 cups.
I also drink beet juice for breakfast & eat whole beets, as much as possible, related to another studys findings. Beets make the microenviroment cll thrives in less hospitable.
Cll is chronic. Emphasis on CHRONIC. The new treatments are amazing. Best wishes.

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justinesmith | @justinesmith | Dec 30, 2022

Thank you for this information about green tea. I was a little confused about how much to take. I have been taking two capsules of green tea extract from Costco daily. I have read on another blog that some of the people in the Mayo Clinic trial had to drop out because their liver enzymes became to high. I think they were also taking Tumeric pills. This is very interesting about the beet juice also. I have read that it is an old remedy to build blood and have been boiling and eating 2 beets a day. Do you know the amount of EGCG and the type of EGCG used in the study? There are also studies from Taiwan about traditional Chinese medicine (herbs) being very effective for watch and wait people who have CLL which I am looking into. How long have you been taking the green tea and beet juice?

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