Tea and Heart Health: Benefits of Long-Term Consumption

A new study from China’s Wuyishan Municipal Hospital reconfirms the benefits of regular tea drinking on preventing hardening of the arteries. Arterial stiffening can reduce lifespan and increase risk of cardiovascular diseases like heart failure and stroke. The study, “A Cross-sectional Study of the Relationship between Habitual Tea Consumption and Arterial Stiffness,” was led by cardiologist Qing-fei Lin and published in the Journal of the American College of Nutrition. More than 6,

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Katrina Munichiello is a writer, editor, tea blogger (Tea Pages) and author,

3 Comments

  1. Pete
    on March 30, 2016 at 1:19 pm •Reply

    This certainly motivates me to drink more tea!

  2. Steve
    on April 18, 2016 at 6:39 pm •Reply

    Did the study state if the type of tea (green, black, etc) effected the results or if all types of tea provided the same benefit?

  3. rui.antunes
    on June 8, 2016 at 2:29 pm •Reply

    Since the study was done in Wuyishan probably most tea drinkers would drink Wuyi oolong teas or even green/red(black) teas which are also available locally.

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