Scientists Link Tea Drinking to 11% Lower Vascular Disease Risk, but One Habit Is Linked to 16% Higher Risk - Yahoo Health
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Jubair1985, Wiki Commons (Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license). Drinking tea regularly could lower your risk of heart disease, but a new study suggests that how hot you drink it could make a surprising difference. According to a study published in the Journal of Internal Medicine on October 21, 2026, people who regularly drank tea had an 11% lower risk of developing vascular disease compared with those who drank it less frequently. As someone who is now on various medications for heart-related concerns, anything about heart health makes my ears prick up like a spaniel's. I've always thought of tea as a healthier alternative to sugary drinks, especially since making changes to my own diet. However, this research raises some interesting questions about how much tea people should drink and whether its temperature matters. This study wasn't small either. Researchers in China examined the tea-drinking habits of 485,934 adults between the ages of 30 and 79. They tracked participants for an average of nine years, recording 14,863 cases of vascular disease, including heart attacks and strokes.
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