Coffee is arguably the most popular beverage to enjoy first thing in the morning. But recently, more and more people have been drinking green tea to get their daily fix of caffeine.

Dating back to ancient China, green tea is considered one of the healthiest beverages on Earth. For one, green tea is loaded with powerful antioxidants like catechins and other flavonoids. Green tea also provides minerals that our bodies need to function properly, such as calcium, phosphorus, potassium, sodium and zinc, as previously noted. Here Andrew Gregory, TheGuardian.com, reflects on coffee and tea lowering risk of stroke and dementia:

“Drinking coffee or tea may be linked with a lower risk of stroke and dementia, according to the largest study of its kind.

Strokes cause 10% of deaths globally, while dementia is one of the world’s biggest health challenges – 130 million are expected to be living with it by 2050.

In the research, 365,000 people aged between 50 and 74 were followed for more than a decade. At the start the participants, who were involved in the UK Biobank study, self-reported how much coffee and tea they drank. Over the research period, 5,079 of them developed dementia and 10,053 went on to have at least one stroke.

Researchers found that people who drank two to three cups of coffee or three to five cups of tea a day, or a combination of four to six cups of coffee and tea, had the lowest risk of stroke or dementia.

Those who drank two to three cups of coffee and two to three cups of tea daily had a 32% lower risk of stroke. These people had a 28% lower risk of dementia compared with those who did not drink tea or coffee.”

Read More … Article Source: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/nov/16/tea-coffee-may-be-linked-lower-risk-stroke-dementia-study

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