Have Some Tea, but Leave Out the Milk
According to recent research, adding milk can significantly reduce the health benefits of tea, reports WebMD:
Tags: Health, milk, Tea, woman, women, Womens-Health“Milk may counteract the favorable health effects of tea on vascular function. Our results thus provide a possible explanation for the lack of beneficial effects of tea on the risk of heart disease in the UK, where milk is usually added to tea,” say the researchers.
…“It is important to bear in mind that green tea is almost exclusively drunk without milk. So we are talking only about those countries and regions where black tea is consumed and where milk is added,” lead author Lorenz notes. “We certainly don’t want to dismiss the consumption of black tea: the results of our study merely attempt to encourage people to consider that, while the addition of milk may improve its taste, it may also lower its health-protective properties.”
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