Latest Research
The Tea Advisory Panel publishes reviews and reports on black tea and health and also sponsors various research papers and studies. You can read the full reports by clicking on the relevant title.
For more details about any of these reviews or reports, please contact the TAP press office via: Emma Sanderson or Nicky Smith on 0207 7058989
Papers and reviews:
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| Title | Date | Category | Description | View |
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| Prospective study of coffee and tea consumption in relation to risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus among men and women: The Whitehall II study | 10 April 2008 | Health Research Archive | t least fourteen cohort studies have documented an inverse association between coffee consumption and risk of type 2 diabetes. | Read |
| Association between consumption of black tea and iron status in adult Africans in the North West Province: the THUSA study | 10 April 2008 | Health Research Archive | The association between black tea consumption and iron status was investigated in a sample of African adults participating in the cross-sectional THUSA (Transition and Health during Urbanization of South Africans) study in the North West Province, South A | Read |
| Plasma tea polyphenols and gastric cancer risk: a case-control study nested in a large population-based prospective study in Japan | 10 April 2008 | Health Research Archive | Abundant in vitro and animal studies have shown a protective effect of green tea against various types of cancer, but the evidence from epidemiologic studies is inconclusive. | Read |
| Caffeine Consumption and the Risk of Primary Open - Angle Glaucoma: A Prospective Cohort Study | 10 April 2008 | Health Research Archive | We investigated whether caffeine, which transiently increases intraocular pressure (IOP) is associated with risk of primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG). | Read |
| L-theanine intervention enhances human gammadelta T lymphocyte function | 10 April 2008 | Health Research Archive | Human gammadelta T lymphocytes are a subset of T cells and are a first line of defense against microbes and tumors. | Read |
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