Drinking tea reduces risk of this

By Gwyn Wright via SWNS

Drinking tea reduces the risk of dying young, according to a new study.

Scientists have found drinking two or more cups of English breakfast tea a day is better for you than just having one.

People who drink two or more cups of builders brew a day were found to have a nine to 13 percent lower risk of an early death, compared with non-tea drinkers.

The link was found regardless of whether participants also drank coffee, added milk or sugar to their tea, their preferred tea temperature and the effect of genes that mean people’s bodies process caffeine in different ways.

For the study, American researchers used data on the tea-drinking habits of half a million Brits.

Information about how many brews they drank each day is stored in the UK Biobank, a database containing the health information Brits who completed questionnaires when they enrolled in the biobank between 2006 and 2010.

Of them, 85 percent reported said they regularly drank tea tea and of them, 89 percent reported drinking black tea.

Study author Dr. Maki Inoue-Choi from the US National Cancer Institute said: "Tea is a major source of caffeine in the United Kingdom, and concerns remain about high caffeine intake, particularly among people with a slower caffeine metabolism.

"These findings provide reassurance to tea drinkers and suggest black tea can be part of a healthy diet."

The findings were published in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine.