Drinking tea may cut risk of early death by a quarter
Regular tea consumption was found to cut the risk of dying prematurely from causes unrelated to the heart by up to a quarter. The new large-scale study from France looked at tea and coffee intake of over 131,000 people aged 18 to 95 with low risk of cardiovascular diseases. Researchers found that tea consumption lowered the risk of non-cardiovascular death by 24% for smokers or ex-smokers. Tea also had a marked effect on blood pressure, with a significant reduction among heavy tea drinkers. Finally, tea intake was associated with increased physical activity among subjects.