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The analysis included 100,902 participants in China with no history of heart attack and cancer.

Drinking green tea at least three times a week is associated with longer and healthier life. Mechanism studies have suggested that the main bioactive compounds in tea, namely polyphenols, are not stored in the body long-term. Thus, frequent tea intake over an extended period may be necessary for the cardioprotective effect.

“One reason might be that 48 percent of men were habitual tea consumers compared to just 20 percent of women.”Secondly, women had a much lower incidence of, and mortality from, heart disease and stroke. These differences made it more likely to find statistically significant results among men,”