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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| Interactions among age, adiposity, bodyweight, lifestyle factors and sex steroid hormones in healthy Singaporean Chinese men | 5 October 2007 | Health Research Archive | To examine the inter-relationships among age, lifestyle factors, anthropometric parameters, percent body fat and steroid hormone parameters in 531 healthy Singaporean Chinese men aged between 29 and 72 years old. | Read |
| Tea polyphenols for health promotion | 5 October 2007 | Health Research Archive | People have been consuming brewed tea from the leaves of the Camellia sinensis plant for almost 50 centuries. | Read |
| Plant sterol-enriched milk tea decreases blood cholesterol concentrations in Chinese adults: a randomised controlled trial | 5 October 2007 | Health Research Archive | The cholesterol-lowering effects of plant sterols in a format suitable for use in China have not previously been investigated. | Read |
| Physiological levels of tea catechins increase cellular lipid antioxidant activity of vitamin C and vitamin E in human intestinal Caco-2 cells | 5 October 2007 | Health Research Archive | Oxidative stress has been linked to the development of various chronic diseases. Vegetables and fruits, which contain polyphenols, were shown to have protective effects. | Read |
| Intakes of coffee, tea, milk, soda and juice and renal cell cancer in a pooled analysis of 13 prospective studies | 5 October 2007 | Health Research Archive | Specific beverage intake may be associated with the risk of renal cell cancer through a diluting effect of carcinogens, alterations of hormone levels, or other changes in the renal tubular environment, but few prospective studies have examined these assoc | Read |
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“Is the high level of fluoride in tea harmful?”
No, fluoride is known to protect teeth from dental caries. The tea plant accumulates fluoride from the soil and for this reason a cup of tea is a natural source of fluoride.
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