*Researchers found that having two cups of coffee or three cups of tea per day led to health benefits in consumers

Isola Moses | 绿帽献妻

Researchers from the Tianjin Medical University, in a fresh study, explored some of the health benefits associated with moderate consumption of coffee and tea.

The study findings indicated that having a few cups of coffee and tea per day may lower the risk of dementia and stroke.

Researchers wrote: 鈥淥ur findings suggest that moderate consumption of coffee and tea separately or in combination were associated with lower risk of stroke and dementia.鈥�

Cognitive benefits of coffee and tea for the study, the researchers analysed data from more than 365,000 participants enrolled in the UK Biobank.

The participants self-reported on their coffee and tea consumption, and the researchers tracked their health outcomes for at least 10 years.

These findings highlight some good news for consumers who are frequent tea and coffee drinkers.

Having at least two cups of coffee or three cups of tea, or a combination of both drinks, was associated with the most protective health benefits for the study participants.

Overall, drinking two to three cups of coffee and two to three cups of tea on a daily basis was associated with a more than 30 percent lower risk of stroke and a nearly 30 percent lower risk of dementia.

Coffee was found to have the greatest health benefits; drinking just coffee or coffee and tea helped lower the risk of post-stroke dementia.

The experts hypothesise that the antioxidants and other bioactive compounds found in coffee and tea could be responsible for this positive relationship with consumers鈥� cognitive health.

Going forward, the team hopes these findings can be beneficial in identifying more ways to prevent significant health risks and cognitive decline.

They further wrote: 鈥淒espite advances in understanding the pathophysiology of stroke and dementia, clinical treatment of stroke and dementia continues to be suboptimal.

鈥淭herefore, identifying the preventable risk factors for stroke and dementia is of high priority.

鈥淔rom a public health perspective, because regular tea and coffee drinkers comprise such a large proportion of the population and because these beverages tend to be consumed habitually through adult life, even small potential health benefits or risks associated with tea and coffee intake may have important public health implications.鈥�