Study Identifies Exact Number Of Cups Of Tea That Could Benefit Vascular Health Most

Good news for habitual tea drinkers.

Parents editor at HuffPost UK

There’s nothing quite like a warm brew on a cold, autumnal day. And it turns out Britain’s second-favourite hot beverage could be important for heart health, too.

A handful of studies have linked tea drinking and heart health over the years, but a new piece of research found people who drank black tea had a lower risk of vascular disease (VD) – an umbrella term for any condition that affects a person’s circulatory system – than non-tea drinkers.

Researchers examined the health of just under 490,000 adults in China for around nine years. During this time, there were almost 15,000 cases of VD.

They found regular tea-drinkers had an 11% lower risk of experiencing VD. And the lowest risk was in those who drank around six to eight cups of tea a day.

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