Coffee + tea reduces the risk of stroke and dementia! But don’t exceed this amount every day

For countless migrant workers, they need tea or coffee every day to “renew their lives”, otherwise they will have no energy to work.

And coffee contains caffeine, which is a rich source of antioxidants and bioactive compounds; tea contains caffeine, catechin polyphenols, and flavonoids, which have anti-oxidative stress, anti-inflammatory and other effects. Compared with milk tea, fruit juice, sugar-sweetened beverages, etc., these two are undoubtedly healthier.

Many studies have examined the health effects of drinking the two separately, but what about the health effects of drinking the two together?

The team from Tianjin Medical University conducted a study on the combined effect of “coffee + tea”. The results showed that coffee and tea, whether consumed alone or together, can reduce the risk of stroke and dementia. Drinking 2-3 times a day A cup of coffee + 2-3 cups of tea can reduce the risk of stroke by 32% and the risk of dementia by 28%.

And researchers also found that drinking a combination of coffee and tea was more effective in reducing the risk of disease than drinking one or the other. After adjusting for confounding factors, participants who drank both coffee and tea had an 11%, 11%, 8%, 18% lower risk of stroke, ischemic stroke, dementia, and vascular dementia, respectively, compared with those who drank only coffee or tea. %.

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