Do you know? Drinking tea reduces risk of death, study reveals

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• Sep 1, 2022 | Guriya Khatun

Researchers at the National Cancer Institute, a division of the National Institutes of Health in the United Kingdom, conducted the study, which switches the emphasis from earlier studies that mostly focused on green tea.

Digital
Desk: Do you choose hot tea over coffee? A recent study indicates benefits of
the hot beverage, which is consumed often not just in India but also in many
other nations around the world.

In a thorough examination of the
potential mortality advantages of drinking black tea, British researchers
discovered that greater tea consumption is linked to a moderately decreased
risk of death. According to data analysis, persons who drink two or three cups
of tea each day have a 9% and 13% lower risk of dying than those who don't.

Researchers
at the National Cancer Institute, a division of the National Institutes of
Health in the United Kingdom, conducted the study, which switches the emphasis
from earlier studies that mostly focused on green tea.

"According to research,
those who drank two or more cups of tea daily had a 9% to 13% lower risk of
passing away from any cause than those who did not. A decreased risk of death
from cardiovascular disease, ischemic heart disease, and stroke was also linked
to higher tea drinking "In a statement, NIH stated.

While
tea is extensively consumed worldwide, the study published in the journal
Annals of Internal Medicine claims that in populations where black tea is
primarily consumed, the link between tea drinking and mortality risk is still
unclear.

A total of 4,98,043 men and women
between the ages of 40 and 69 took part in the study, and 89% of them admitted
to drinking the black variety. Between 2006 and 2010, participants in the study
were asked to complete a survey that was then followed up on for more than ten
years. The participants were tracked for approximately 11 years, and data on
deaths was collected from a linked database maintained by the UK National
Health Service.

"Regardless
of genetic difference in caffeine metabolism, those who drank two or more cups
of tea per day had a decreased mortality risk. These results imply that tea can
be a part of a healthy diet even at higher levels of consumption "The
study's conclusions.

No matter the desired tea
temperature, whether milk or sugar was added, or whether a person's genetic
makeup affected how quickly they metabolised caffeine, the link was still
present, according to the NIH.