Fashionable Coffee vs. Healthy Tea
For women, drinking one cup of coffee a day can potentially lower the chances of conception by 50%.
Excessive coffee drinkers are more prone to heart disease.
Drinking one cup of tea a day can reduce the risk of heart disease by 44% compared to other beverages.
Drinking tea has a long tradition in China. However, in recent years, drinking coffee has become fashionable in the country, especially among some office ladies. It has become a habit for them to have a cup of coffee in the morning to wake up and brew another cup at noon to relieve fatigue. In this regard, relevant nutritionists and medical experts have reminded the public that coffee consumption should be moderate, and one should not blindly develop the habit. A large number of medical studies have shown that frequent and excessive consumption of coffee can easily lead to various diseases, with the most direct impact on women being a reduced chance of conception. Some American scholars have found a strong link between caffeine intake and the probability of pregnancy in women. Women who drink just one cup of coffee a day could see their chances of conception drop by 50%; the more they drink, the lower the likelihood of pregnancy. They believe that the low fertility rate in Western women may be related to their high coffee consumption. Some reports also indicate that if a pregnant woman drinks 1-10 cups of coffee daily, the baby may be born with a weak constitution or symptoms such as rapid breathing and heart rate. For lactating women, excessive coffee consumption can easily lead to caffeine entering their milk through the bloodstream, thus affecting the nursing infant, making them timid or agitated. Furthermore, frequent coffee consumption in women can also induce breast pain or lumps.
Excessive coffee drinking can also easily trigger heart disease. According to a report in the British journal *The Lancet*, coffee contains a high concentration of caffeine, which can alter heart function and increase cholesterol in the blood vessels. Norwegian medical workers investigated 184 people who died of heart disease and found that most of them were heavy coffee drinkers in life. Among the male deceased, 43 drank more than 9 cups of coffee daily, while among the female deceased, 16 drank more than 7 cups of coffee daily. Moderate coffee consumption can be invigorating, but excessive consumption can反而 reduce work ability and efficiency. An Australian psychologist found through research that people who drink more than 5 cups of coffee a day may experience a decline in comprehension and find it difficult to complete complex tasks.
Compared to fashionable coffee, tea seems to be neglected by women. But if you knew the health benefits of tea, you wouldn't find it troublesome or "unfashionable." Recently, at an academic conference organized by the Royal Society of Medicine, experts pointed out that drinking at least one cup of tea a day could significantly reduce the risk of heart disease. The theme of the conference was the health benefits of flavonoids. Flavonoids can neutralize harmful chemicals that cause cell damage and may lead to heart disease, stroke, and cancer, helping to prevent both. Flavonoids are abundant in apples, onions, and red wine, and tea is also very rich in this substance. This is the secret to how tea helps prevent heart disease. According to research results submitted by experts to the conference, the antioxidant effect of two cups of tea is equivalent to that of four apples, five onions, seven oranges, or two glasses of red wine. Researchers said that American researchers compared tea, coffee, and decaffeinated coffee beverages. They found that drinking one or more cups of tea a day reduced the risk of heart disease by 44% compared to drinking other beverages. This new result once again confirms the health benefits of tea.
Because tea has considerable health benefits compared to coffee, research on tea has been heating up worldwide in recent years, and more and more knowledgeable women are drinking tea as a new fashion.