Dr Michael Mosley investigates the health benefits of the nation's favourite beverage.
Tea comes from Camellia Sinensis, an evergreen shrub native to East Asia. Its leaves are packed with polyphenol compounds that have an antioxidant quality as well as other benefits, including promoting healthier bones. A study of over a thousand older women over a decade showed that those who drank three or more cups of tea a day were 30% less likely to suffer from a fracture due to osteoporosis, a thinning of the bones, compared to those who drank one cup of tea or less per week.
Professor Andrew Steptoe, an expert on the benefits of tea at University College London, has done some rigorous testing in this area to show that the reduction of stress was more than just an association between tea and relaxing downtime. “We did a double-blind placebo-controlled trial with two beverages. One of them had all the critical biological ingredients of tea and the other didn't.
Professor Steptoe concurs that, “There is evidence from population studies that people who drink tea may be at lower risk for cardiovascular disease and for coronary heart disease.” In order to find out more he and his team focused on two factors the cause of heart disease: inflammation in the body, and platelets – small cells circulating in the bloodstream that help heal wounds but which can increase the risk of heart disease if they clump together.
“I've managed to swap out the morning coffee, which I think has been a real benefit,” says Kit. “I can see the changes that has made to how my day starts, the nervous energy has been taken away and I have noticed the day has been a lot calmer. So that was a real positive. I think the tea definitely gives a little buzz, but not the super heavy one of coffee that is my go-to in the morning. So, yeah, that's a permanent change.
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