{"id":20579,"date":"2015-11-13T21:06:35","date_gmt":"2015-11-13T20:06:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.elcrema.com\/?p=20579"},"modified":"2016-05-24T18:57:50","modified_gmt":"2016-05-24T17:57:50","slug":"five-cups-of-black-tea-a-day-reduces-risk-of-a-stroke-and-diabetes-experts-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elcrema.com\/five-cups-of-black-tea-a-day-reduces-risk-of-a-stroke-and-diabetes-experts-claim\/","title":{"rendered":"FIVE CUPS OF BLACK TEA A DAY REDUCES RISK OF A STROKE AND DIABETES, EXPERTS CLAIM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elcrema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/black-tea.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20580 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.elcrema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/black-tea.jpg\" alt=\"black tea\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elcrema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/black-tea.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.elcrema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/black-tea-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Don\u2019t underestimate the power of a cup of black tea as it is being hailed for its health benefits by experts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the Health Council of the Netherlands, people who drink between three to five cups of black tea daily cut risk of diabetes, high blood pressure and stroke.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Netherlands, schoolchildren as young as four are already served tea rather than squash or juices as a lunchtime drink, the Daily Telegraph reported.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Eert Schoten, a spokesman for the Health Council of the Netherlands, explained: \u201cWe noted that in the scientific literature in the last 10 years, there are clear signs that drinking tea is good for your health.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThree to five cups a day reduce blood pressure, diabetes and stroke risks, so this comes as one of our 16 guidelines.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As reported by Daily Mail, Tim Bond, a member of the Tea Advisory panel, said: \u201cThree to five cups of tea are associated with reduced risk of cardiovascular disease and stroke.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cA number of recent studies looking at long term drinking habits have indicated that 3-5 cups of tea are associated with reduced risk of cardiovascular disease and stroke.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cOther studies in the short term looking at risk factors also agree that daily tea consumption in this range are likely to have a positive impact on heart heath.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, the health officials are recommending that the tea should be drunk black or green &#8211; and add that herbal teas do not count.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><i>S.O.Z<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don\u2019t underestimate the power of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20580,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[2584],"tags":[2696,2688,2829,2698,2794,2828],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elcrema.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20579"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elcrema.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elcrema.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elcrema.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elcrema.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20579"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.elcrema.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20579\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26658,"href":"https:\/\/www.elcrema.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20579\/revisions\/26658"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elcrema.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elcrema.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elcrema.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elcrema.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}