Tea protects against premature death

French scientists have found that drinking tea is able to reduce by 25% the risk of premature death. However, this applies only to those causes of death that are not associated with heart health.

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A study by researchers from the Université de Paris René Descartes showed that tea, in fact, is the best drink on the planet. After all, at the risk of his regular use premature death   reduced by as much as 25%. According to experts, the tea in this plan better coffee, though, Statistically, coffee lovers are generally unhealthy lifestyle, including a themselves smoking and other bad habits.

As for benefits of tea   health, it is, for the most part, be explained by are part of this drink in flavonoids - antioxidants, very good for the heart. The study involved 131,401 people aged from 18 to 95 years old with a low risk of developing cardiovascular diseases, which We visited one of prevention centers in Paris from January 2001 to December 2008.

During this period, there were 95 deaths from cardiovascular disease and 632 deaths, not related to the patient heart. The researchers evaluated the level of drinking tea and coffee with the help of questionnaires. It was found that coffee drinkers are at greater risk premature death   from cardiovascular disease, especially if they also smoke at the same time. Not a drinker coffee were more physically active. But tea drinkers by 25% less likely to die from diseases not related to the heart than people who do not use this drink. The researchers have not determined exactly what the tea gave the most great effect, and whether it was necessary to add to the milk. (READ MORE)

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