Drinking tea daily may help you live longer, study finds

A cup of tea simply obtained a bit extra stress-free.

Tea might be a part of a nutritious diet and individuals who drink tea might even be a little bit extra more likely to stay longer than those that don’t, in accordance with a big examine.

Tea incorporates useful substances identified to cut back irritation. Previous research in China and Japan, the place inexperienced tea is in style, instructed well being advantages. The brand new examine extends the excellent news to the U.Ok.’s favourite drink: black tea.

Scientists from the U.S. Nationwide Most cancers Institute requested concerning the tea habits of almost a half million adults in the UK, then adopted them for as much as 14 years. They adjusted for threat components equivalent to well being, socioeconomics, smoking, alcohol consumption, food regimen, age, race and gender.

Increased tea consumption — two or extra cups each day — was linked to a modest profit: a 9% to 13% decrease threat of demise from any trigger vs. non-tea drinkers. Tea temperature, or including milk or sugar, didn’t change the outcomes.

The examine, revealed Monday in Annals of Inner Drugs, discovered the affiliation held up for coronary heart illness deaths, however there was no clear pattern for most cancers deaths. Researchers weren’t positive why, nevertheless it’s doable there weren’t sufficient most cancers deaths for any impact to point out up, mentioned Maki Inoue-Choi, who led the examine.

A examine like this, based mostly on observing individuals’s habits and well being, can’t show trigger and impact.

“Observational research like this all the time increase the query: Is there one thing else about tea drinkers that makes them more healthy?” mentioned Marion Nestle, a professor of meals research at New York College. “I like tea. It’s nice to drink. However a cautious interpretation looks like a good suggestion.”

There’s not sufficient proof to advise altering tea habits, mentioned Inoue-Choi.

“When you drink one cup a day already, I believe that’s good,” she mentioned. “And please take pleasure in your cup of tea.”