- Drinking tea might stop you having a stroke. A meta-analysis of nine studies revealed that people who drank three or more cups of tea (black or green) had a 21% lower risk.
- You could lower your cholesterol. Drinking a brew has been shown to cut cholesterol in people with mildly raised levels. But it’ll take more than one cup – the study concerned had participants downing five cups a day of black tea over three weeks.
- You might cut your chances of dying from heart disease. Dutch researchers concluded that people who downed between three and six cups of black tea a day had a 45% reduced risk.
- Tea may bring down blood pressure. French research showed that heavy tea-drinkers had lower blood pressure than people who never touched the stuff. On average, systolic blood pressure was 4-5mmHg lower while the diastolic reading was 3mmHG lower.
- You’re less likely to die of non heart-related causes.
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