Green tea not your favourite flavour? Black tea linked to longer life too

Researchers find a link to lower mortality from all cardiovascular disease, ischaemic heart disease and stroke

07 September 2022 - 21:02

Black tea may not match the health benefits associated with green tea and SA's own rooibos — or black coffee — but a new study shows that drinking two or more cups every day, even with milk and sugar, could prolong the lives of its adherents compared with those who drink no black tea...

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