Drinking Tea or Coffee May Be Better than not Drinking Anything at All

New Findings on Coffee and Tea— Power Brands, a leading beverage industry expert reports that the tea and coffee market is on the rise. This may be due to new discoveries in the health benefits of both beverages, states Power Brands.

Conferring to a recent article on Mail Online through Associated Newspapers Ltd. Drinking 4 cups of tea or coffee a day is BETTER than not drinking any at all, the succeeding information may confirm that tea and coffee really is better than drinking nothing.

According to current research, drinking 4 cups of tea or coffee a day may be healthier than not drinking anything at all. Some of the health findings include the following:

• Those who drink a lot of coffee and tea have lower blood pressure
• People who drink more than four cups a day have lower heart rates
• People who do not drink tea or coffee have higher blood pressure levels
• Flavonoids found in tea might help relax blood vessels and reduce blood pressure

Other studies have found that people who drink the most coffee and tea have the lowest blood pressure readings. In fact, people who drink coffee and tea have lower blood pressure levels than those who have never consumed these beverages.

However, the NHS states that drinking more than four cups of coffee a day may increase blood pressure. Additionally, people who love coffee, tea and other caffeine-rich drinks should consider cutting back on their consumption.

Power Brands states that the tea and coffee market continues to rise because of these findings. Many people who enjoy their cup of Joe or morning tea are now quite excited about the findings. Some studies even suggest that drinking four cups of coffee or tea a day may be better than not drinking anything. The research suggests that caffeine can cause your heart rate and blood pressure to fall.

Yet research from the Preventive and Clinical Investigations Centre in Paris recommends that people with high blood pressure should reduce their caffeine intake, says Power Brands.

Studies show that around one in four middle aged adults have high blood pressure. Further, around half of those people are over age 65.  In addition, high blood pressure can increase the risk of stroke, heart disease and other severe health conditions.

New Studies

Current studies included observing the blood pressure of men and women between ages 16 and 95 during a ten year period. Subjects were asked to record their tea and coffee consumption. Among the subjects there were three groups that were divided as follows:

• Abstained
• Drank one to four cups per day
• Drank more than four cups per day

The results of the studies concluded that:

• Heavy tea drinkers had the lowest heart rate and pulse pressure
• Heavy tea drinkers benefited the most; lower diastolic and systolic blood pressure readings
• Heavy coffee drinkers had slightly higher blood pressure readings
• Those who abstained from coffee and tea had the highest heart rate, blood pressure and pulse pressure readings
• The difference between the groups was slight but scientifically significant

Power Brands states that Physicians and Medics have been disagreeing over the relationships between tea, coffee and blood pressure for numerous years. Whereas some research suggests that moderate intake of caffeinated drinks can reduce blood pressure, others studies have been indecisive. As well, there are numerous specialists that feel drinking too much caffeine may cause hypertension and other conditions.

Recent guidelines from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence say that general practitioners should ‘discourage excessive consumption of coffee and other caffeine-rich products’.

While the new study does not verify that tea and coffee can reduce blood pressure, it suggests that people with hypertension may not be need to tell reduce their consumption of caffeinated beverages. In effect, Dr. Bruno Pannier presented his findings to the European Society of Hypertension in Milan. Dr. Pannier stated that the flavonoids in tea could possibly help relax blood vessels, thus lowering blood pressure.  Dr. Pannier added that vasorelaxing compounds found in these beverages may be responsible for reducing blood pressure. Nonetheless, Dr. Pannier disclosed that the study made no distinction between green tea, black tea and herbal tea.

Nonetheless, even though studies for and against the correlation between caffeine beverages and the reduction of blood pressure, it appears to have increased the caffeinated beverage market, states Power Brands.

For more information on the Mail Online article go to Drinking 4 cups of tea or coffee a day is BETTER than not drinking any at all.