Tea is a health drink - four cups a day can keep the doctors away

Tea is a health drink and, in a presentation on tea organized by the Indian Tea Association. On this occasion, Hasan Mukhtar, the Helfar professor of cancer research and director and vice-chair for research, department of dermatology, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin, has said that all the useful compounds of tea are soluble in water.
This has been reported in telegraphindia.com dated 14 November 2015.

In his opinion, four cups of tea daily can keep the doctor away - some, if not all. The tea could be green tea, black tea or even white tea, with/without milk, hot/cold - the antioxidant qualities in the polyphenolic compounds present in any type of tea protects the body against cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and certain types of cancer.
There are different ways of processing the leaves that go to produce various types of tea. The polyphenolic compounds are present in all the forms and are absorbed by water. So, it goes into the body when one drinks tea. Drinking green tea could reduce the risk of advanced prostate cancer.
Hasan Mukhtar is originally from Lucknow, and has been working with mice to demonstrate the useful effects of tea.

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