BBC News | Health | Coffee beats tea on heart disease (#)

  „They said it might not necessarily be coffee drinking that led to better health, but that people who chose to drink coffee had healthier lifestyles in other respects. BBC Scotland reporter Alan Grant: "Exploding the myth that coffee is bad"However, the study did show that those who drank the most coffee were the least likely to die from heart disease while the opposite was true of tea drinking. Tea has been thought to have health improving properties because it contains antioxidants - particles that have been found to reduce the risk of cancer and prevent good cholesterol turning into bad cholesterol, which can cause heart disease. Coffee, on the other hand, has been thought to be bad for health in large amounts because it can alter heart rhythms.“

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