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Old Oct 9, 2018, 8:18 pm
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Originally Posted by KDS777
The stuff is very popular is southern Brasil, and has been linked to statistically the higher incidents of stomach cancer in that particular geographic region of the country.
Matcha tea is green tea powder from Japan - where it has been consumed for centuries without causing cancer, if anything, it helps guard against it.

Maybe they are drinking something else in Brazil? Given that part of the world, it could be anything - although my guess is they are drinking powdered tea spiked with an alphabet soup of chemicals, pesticides, and fertilizers, any or all of which could cause stomach cancer.
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