THE TELEGRAPH: Regularly drinking tea and coffee can significantly reduce the risk of developing heart disease, one of the biggest studies of its kind suggests.
Researchers found that moderate consumption of both drinks can reduce your chance of death from a heart attack by at least a fifth.
At the same time, it showed that risks for other diseases such as stroke were not increased.
"Our results found the benefits of drinking coffee and tea occur without increasing risk of stroke or death from all causes," said Dr Yvonne van der Schouw, professor of chronic disease at the University Medical Center Utrecht, Netherlands.
For the research her team studied tea and coffee consumption among 37,514 people, and followed the participants for 13 years to monitor heart disease and death.
They found that tea had the biggest impact on heart disease but that all but heavy consumption of coffee was also beneficial.
Those who drink between three and six cups are 45 per cent less likely to suffer coronary problems compared to people who had less than one cup daily, a study found. >>> Richard Alleyne, Science Correspondent | Friday, June 18, 2010
