Tea

More berries, apples, and tea may have protective benefits against Alzheimer

MDLinx Newswise: Food Science May 5, 2020 Older adults who consumed small amounts of flavonoid-rich foods, such as berries, apples, and tea, were two to four times more likely to develop Alzheimer disease and related dementias over 20 years compared with people whose intake was higher, according to a new study led by scientists at […]

Tea consumption is associated with decreased disease activity of rheumatoid arthritis in a real-world, large-scale study

Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism — Jin J, Li J, Gan Y, et al. | April 24, 2020 Researchers analyzed 733 rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients from June to December, 2016, to examine the likely link of tea intake with RA via a large-scale, real-world study. The evaluation of disease activity of RA was done as […]

Association of flavonoids and flavonoid-rich foods with all-cause mortality: The Blue Mountains Eye Study

Clinical Nutrition — Bondonno NP, et al. | January 21, 2019 In The Blue Mountains Eye Study, which included 2,349 participants, researchers examined the associations of flavonoid and flavonoid-rich wholefood intakes with all-cause mortality and the moderating effects of risk factors for early mortality. Using US Department of Agriculture food composition databases, they calculated flavonoid […]

Coffee, Tea Not Necessarily Hazard to Heart Rhythm

by Salynn Boyles, Contributing Writer April 17, 2018 That morning cup of coffee or espresso drink may not only be safe for people with atrial fibrillation (Afib) and other heart arrhythmias, it just may reduce arrhythmia frequency, Australian researchers reported. Based on a comprehensive review of studies examining the impact of caffeinated beverages on cardiac […]

Tea consumption and risk of ischaemic heart disease

Heart, 01/23/2017 Li X, et al. This article was composed with the objectives to prospectively look at the relationship between tea intake and the risk of ischaemic heart disease (IHD). In this large prospective study, daily tea intake was connected with a decreased risk of IHD. Methods A prospective study utilizing the China Kadoorie Biobank; […]