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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Rachel Clun

How switching your coffee for green tea may help prevent dementia

Green tea has been linked with reduced white matter lesions - (Unsplash/@navisky)

While coffee is not without its health benefits, a recent Japanese study has found that green tea is superior for helping reduce the risk of dementia in older people.

The researchers looked at older people with coffee and tea drinking habits and found a “significant association” between those who drank more green tea and lower cerebral white matter lesions - which are linked with vascular dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.

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