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Study hints that tea may reverse some signs of aging! Okay – all research must be put in perspective – and anything must be repeated and proven in large studies, but this is interesting for sure!! Hmmm, maybe I will have another cup of tea today!
Hong Kong researchers report that people who drink an average of three cups of tea daily have longer telomeres – DNA sequences at the end of chromosomes that shorten with aging – than those averaging a quarter-cup daily or less. The translated into about five years of life, the researchers said, adding: “The antioxidant properties of tea and its constituent nutrients may protect telomeres from oxidative damage in the normal aging process.”
The study involved 976 men and 1,030 women over the age of 65 and measured both green and black tea consumption. The majority of tea consumed, however, was the green variety that’s higher in natural antioxidants called polyphenols. — Study was published in the British Journal of Nutrition.
