Tea decreases risk of death from heart disease
A Dutch study has found that daily tea intake can significantly lower the risk of dying from a heart disease. In one of the largest and longest studies ever, researchers followed more than 37,000 people for 13 years in order to establish the impact of tea and coffee on heart health. It turns out that people who drank three to six cups of tea per day had a 45% lower risk of death from heart disease than people who drank less than one cup of tea a day. The association held up even when other lifestyle factors associated with heart disease, including smoking and exercise level, were taken into account. Scientists believe that antioxidants called flavonoids found in tea and other beverages and "super foods" may explain the protective effect seen in the study.