A new study has suggested that those who prefer a black cup of tea have a lower risk of death to other individuals.
Findings discovered by researchers, using UK Biobank data, have said that having a brew could be associated with a low risk of mortality, as reported by The Guardian. In comparison to those who do not consume tea, people who drink two or more cups daily had between 9 per cent and 13 per cent lower risk of death.
The study was published in the Annals of Internal Medicine and also stated the result was the same for all, even if you add milk or sugar in, at whatever temperature you prefer. The findings were also the same regardless of genetic variants that affect the rate at which people metabolise caffeine.
READ MORE - Major Glasgow cinemas to offer £3 tickets to everyone for National Cinema Day
Researchers from the National Institutes of Health used data obtained from the UK Biobank, and found that 85 per cent of the 500,000 participants in the study aged 40 to 69 said that they regularly drank tea. Of these participants, 89 per cent said they drank tea without milk or sugar.
The study was administered through a questionnaire, answered between 2006 to 2010, and followed up over more than ten years. Fernando Rodriguez Artalejo, a professor of preventive medicine and public health at the Autonomous University of Madrid, has described the findings as representing a "substantial advance in the field".
Artalejo said that previous studies had been conducted in Asia, where green tea is the most widely consumed. He added that the studies outwith this continent were small in size and inconclusive in their results”.
Professor Artalejo said: "This article shows that regular consumption of black tea (the most widely consumed tea in Europe) is associated with a modest reduction in total and, especially, cardiovascular disease mortality over 10 years in a middle-aged, mostly white, adult general population.”
The professor also added that the study did not establish fully that tea was the cause of a lower mortality rate in tea drinkers, as it could not exclude that this was down to other health factors associated with tea consumption.
READ NEXT -
Glasgow participants wanted for exciting MTV dating show Are You The One
Martin Compston responds as video clip of crowd chanting 'IRA songs' emerges online
Martin Compston visits Glasgow music bar as staff left stunned
Two Doors Down star quits as filming for sixth season and Christmas special begins
Glasgow filming to begin on second season of Channel 4 drama Screw in November
