Coffee OR tea, which would you like to drink in your daily life?

Quite a few people will first drink a cup of coffee in the morning, otherwise they will not be able to wake up, while others are used to drinking a cup of tea to welcome the new day! So what are the advantages and disadvantages of drinking coffee and tea, and which one is more beneficial to our health?

Scientists have shown that coffee contains chemicals that can be refined into pharmaceuticals to treat heart disease and insomnia. But one study shows that coffee can reduce blood flow to the heart and discolor teeth.

Drinking eight or more cups of coffee a day increases a woman's risk of stillbirth, a Danish study found. Most of the above studies used black coffee with a small amount of fresh milk and sugar, rather than high-calorie coffee drinks sold in coffee shops.

Duane Mellor, an assistant professor of nutrition at the University of Nottingham in the UK, says coffee and tea are actually better choices than sugary drinks. But he added that some drinks that are high in sugar cannot be called qualified coffee at all. Like a latte with syrup, there is too much sugar, energy and fat.

New research shows that drinking tea can help reduce the incidence of diabetes, heart disease and cancer and help prevent obesity. Studies have shown that people who drink black tea four times a day for six weeks have significantly lower levels of the stress hormone cortisol. But if milk is added to the tea, it loses its anti-cancer effect.

But there may be pesticide residues in tea, even organic tea, also contains a large amount of tannin, which hinders the absorption of iron in the blood, leading to anemia.

In addition, the study also found that drinking tea that is too hot all the time increases the risk of esophageal cancer. Drinking green tea can reduce women's risk of developing esophageal cancer by about 60%. At the same time, although coffee is not as healthy as tea in people's impression, it also has many benefits. It can also reduce the risk of diabetes, help middle-aged men prevent gout, and reduce the risk of Alzheimer's disease and liver cirrhosis and liver cancer in men.