Is Drinking Tea Good for You? 

Yes, I was drinking tea while watching.

Tea is life ☕

Tea is such a broad term, what types of tea do these studies refer to?

Interesting. As a tea drinker, I was hoping to find more reasons to drink it but I guess people really should drink coffee or tea if they like it, not based on possible health benefits.

I've started drinking unsweetened and unflavored iced tea moreso to wean myself off of drinking soda, which I admittedly used to drink way too much of. It used to be so bad that I'd drink at least 2-3 20oz servings of soda a day, but I've gotten it under control and now I'd say it's closer to maybe 2-3 a week at most. I've chalked up my recent health changes (namely reduced acne and slight weight loss) more to the fact that I'm not drinking nearly as much sugar/calorie laden soda and not because I'm drinking tea. However, those health benefits that you mention don't seem like anything to complain about, so I suppose I'll keep on with my newfound tea drinking ways.

Oh no, it won't reduce my risk of hip fracture! I was... totally... relying on that? Is that a thing people think tea does?!

I think the main benefit from tea drinking is that it can replace other, less healthy drinks, such as sodas or coffee drinks with milk and sugar. Also, tea is tasty, which is a good reason to drink it. Get loose leaf and use a good brand, delicious!

1:28 I drink more than 3 cups a day And I'm still depressed Interesting though *Sips tea*

I absolutely love the way you present information. you cite your facts and you admit your biases.

Coffee, Tea, next up Hot Chocolate?

**Sips tea**

can you do health benefits of meditation

I go through phases with tea. I just hit a tea phase a little over a week ago. Been drinking between 2 and 3 cups a day. I suffer from pretty bad depression (just going to work is hard). Without realizing it until I watched this video just now, I have gotten more done in the last 2 weeks than I have in the last 6 months. Just today after work (normally too tired to do anything but sleep) and 2 cups of tea, I have done more cleaning than I have in over 6 months, reconnected some speakers I have been meaning to, fixed a gadget I have been meaning to fix, and cooked my food for work tonight. All before watching this video. I think I am going to make this a permanent regiment.

I suffer from asthma. Recently, I had an attack so bad I had to go to the ER. I was given treatment and some new prescriptions to better control my asthma. The nurse recommended that in addition to my new meds, I should also drink more black tea and honey. She said it might help relax my bronchial tubes and sooth some of the soreness from coughing. I like black tea and honey, so I don't think this will hurt anything. I like to drink a hot beverage anyway after I recover from an attack. The steam is soothing to my respiratory passages. I haven't had to deal with an attack since I started the new meds though. They are working much better to control my asthma than the old ones.

So what I got from this is that I should expect to live for eternity.

Hi HCT ! I would like to make a suggestion. When you enumerate study results, it would be great if you could write somewhere on the screen if the results are good or bad. You could indicate correlations that are good for your health in green, and bad ones in red, followed by a check mark or an X to indicate if the study found it. For example: "[in green] Correlation with higher HDL [X]" and "[in red] Correlation with higher LDL and VLDL [check mark]" Could indicate to someone who doesn't know biochemistry that the results are bad news. And by the way, your channel is awesome. Keep up with the good work, team! [dftba]

i recently switched from coffee to tea in which it helped me greatly and i have slept better in ages than i ever did whilst drinking coffee and i felt more calm and relaxed .

Sound like tea is not as helpful as some say it does. I choose what works for me.

Being a tea drinker, this video automatically caught my attention. I drink tea not only because I actually like the taste of it but also because I have heard of it having some health benefits as well. I did not know that it could potentially help lower the risk of liver disease or cancer, heart disease, stroke, depression, and diabetes until I watched this video. I thought that it was interesting that black tea did not reduce the risk of endometrial cancer whereas green tea did by 11%. I do agree that all of the statistics that were in the video should be taken with a grain of salt considering that most results are shown if a person drinks 3 or more cups of tea a day. It also caught my attention that most of the studies that were done with black and green tea were done overseas in places like Asia where tea is consumed much more than in the U.S., where only a few studies were done. I like tea and will continue to drink it especially now since I know there are some potential benefits. The only question that I had while watching this video was what about other kinds of teas like, English Breakfast or Earl Grey. Do those kinds of teas have benefits as well like black and green tea or are they different and less beneficial?

We've been talking and doing tea in business for over a decade and post articles on studies on tea and health all the time on our Facebook. I was raised in a Norwegian family that only drank coffee, and have never felt better since changing to tea. The brewed caffeine level being 1/3 to 1/2 of coffee is really helpful and the L-theanine in tea actually makes the caffeine effect of tea different than coffee..not that up/down jolt.

I just want to say that as a MedStudent I love your videos!

What are the health benefits and risks of a vegetarian diet? Reason I'm asking is I'm gling on a vegetarian diet at the beginning of the year.

Yes drinking tea good for you it's good for bad breath also aye chill.

I’m a tea addict and a less change of a stroke strokes run in my family

Hmmmmm **watches video** oh yass queen. **drinks the whole kettle in one sitting** ah. Tea is amazing .

i wonder if anyone has consider that the people drinking tea aren't drinking fizzy drinks that contain more sugars.

I agree with several arguments made in this video. The final conclusion after reviewing the findings in this video was that you should consume tea if you like it, and don't consume it if you do not like it. Although I can see the reason why tea has been concluded to be such minor addition to a diet, I believe that tea does more good than harm and it should be consumed regularly if one can stand the taste. In the studies shown, tea has been known to reduce the risk of chronic liver disease and depression. By just consuming one cup a day, studies show that you have a 21% decreased risk of having a stroke. As shown in the video, there are plenty of other possible benefits, and although the studies may not have all been a randomized trial, even the possibility of a reduced risk of disease is good enough for me. I understand that there are different kinds of teas, but in general, I believe that drinking tea does a lot more good than harm for the human body and people should make it their goal to enjoy a cup a day.

My mother went into liver failure, and ultimately needed a liver transplant do to green tea. She wasn't drinking it, but was taking the extract in a supplement form.

Isn't saying that the studies done in Asia where tea is more heavily consumed, the same as saying the studies done in the states where coffee is more heavily consumed?

Coffee and tea are both good in moderation. Tea helps me so much when I have a cold and coffee helps when I need a kick. They are both great tools

Hmm I'll switch to tea now. Maybe someday I won't think about dying.

thank you for parsing through all dat data and delivering us the knowledge summary.

I drink lots of tea and still have DEPRESSION

As someone who drinks tea regularly and likes all types of tea from hot green tea to iced tea I was understandably drawn to this video. I am surprised to see all of the health benefits that green tea offers as opposed to black tea. I have heard all of the seemingly recent hype over the benefits to drinking green tea but I did not realize that it was that substantial. I thought the benefits of green tea consumption only extended into weight loss benefits. I did not realize that tea in general was beneficial and that the benefits of it also extended into the risk of depression with a decrease of 37% for every 3 cups of tea consumed per day and the decrease of stroke by 21% per 3 cups of tea consumed a day. What surprises me the most about this video is that there is no correlated benefit to bone health. The correlation only exists between tea and mental health as well as organ health. While 3 cups of tea a day seems like a large influx of tea into someone’s daily diet, that’s only one cup of tea with every meal. So instead of drinking a carbonated beverage with your meal you’re one swap away from the significant health benefits that tea has to offer. With that being said, I think it’s time to amp up my tea consumption!

I drink tea fairly often. But I only drink hot tea in the cooler months. Does any of this info apply to just hot tea or is it likely that the possible benefits are also gained from cold tea? I'm guessing it doesn't matter, but I'd be curious if it did.

I want to know if I'm wasting money on skincare haha

Guess I'll go get my 3rd cup for the day.

I think drinking tea and coffee (unsweetened) might help mostly because you replace a glass of a sugary drink (cola, pepsi etc) with a glass of a non-sugary drink, and that alone might help reduce obesity and heart problems. so if these are tested "as opposed to water" that might not be the whole picture. for example, if an obese person tries to lose weight with their diet, they might be gaining a lot by switching from dr. peppers to green tea, even if the tea itself is only mildly good for you, the switch is greatly good for you.

The link for the extra reading appears to be broken but I would assume that all of these studies focused on real tea, that is, an infusion made from the leaves of the tea plant (Camellia sinensis) as opposed to 'herbal teas', which are made from various other plants. When drinking tea or coffee, also take into account anything you add to the drink. Milk, cream, sugar, honey, lemon juice, etc will affect the amount of fat, sugars and other nutrients that you end up consuming, though I imagine the effect is fairly small unless you're drinking a lot of sweetened tea or coffee.

I loved the coffee video, so I was very interested to watch the tea video. I do not drink as much tea as I do coffee, but I was very interested to find out some facts. I cannot believe there were that many studies on the effects of tea. Out of all of the things that could be researched, this one should be low on the list. I was surprised that tea seems to be associated with a lower risk of depression. Now is tea really the cause of the decrease in depression, or is this simply correlation once again? I was fascinated to find out that people who drink more tea seem to be less likely to get diabetes. I also found it interesting that green tea and not black tea was associated with lower risks of prostate cancer. What is the major difference in the two types of tea that makes one so much better than the other? Anyway, I found it interesting that so many individuals took the time to participate in these studies.

Hello, HCT team! Can you guys do a video explaining the terms you use often on the show? Especially those related to the research? Thanks for the attention, good holidays to you all.

4:53 "small but nonsignificant"? Seems like an oxymoron to me - I thought the whole point of significance was to have a threshold that we consider not due to chance... am confused please explain!

The conclusions of the studies relating to stroke and depression, to me, at least point to the process of the consumption of tea playing a big part in reducing stress. One significant difference between tea and coffee is that while coffee can be made quickly and is traditionally drunk quickly, making good tea is a much slower and methodical process. When it says people that drink at least three cups of tea a day, it indicates the type of people who might take time out of their day to boil water, get the tea pot read, scoop out the tea, carefuly brew the tea as to not make it bitter and sit to drink and enjoy the tea. Setting out to do this at least tree times a day can greatly reduce a person's stress and therefore reduce the prolonged effect of stress on the body resulting in the positive outcomes noted in the studies. Personally I drink tea not necessarily because of the health claims that it would speed up my metabolism or make me loose crazy amounts of weight. Most of the time if someone goes from drinking high caloric beverages to drinking tea, the weight loss is most likely attributed from cutting out sugar, not the addition of tea. I drink tea because it is enjoyable and calming. Once you get into a habit of it, it can almost be meditative. Sure there are people who just get some hot water and just dump a tea bag into the water and be done with it, but I would assume that isn't what the Asian countries are doing, especially China where the traditional tea brewing method is called Gonfu cha (also pronounced as Kung fu cha) which means "making tea with skill". And it is totally a skill to make a good cup, not that bitter stuff that people brew after keeping the cheap tea in the bag in the water for too long.

2:21 The title of the study says "depression" but the text and audio say "diabetes"--I assume the title at the bottom contained a typo and meant to say "diabetes", is this correct?

I drink only tea, because I don't like the tap water. Like, 2+ liters of tea a day. Is that alright?

Did these tea studies have a negative control, say hot water? Is it possible that some of these positive effects are a result of improved hydration?

See??? Tea is good for you, it is pretty good, and it’s mostly good! Have fun losing your precious coffee, and HELLO TEAAA

I love tea , I've used it for milk production for breast feeding for my baby , raspebery tea for period cramps , and sleepytime tea to help sleep :3 Tea is a gift from the gods lol

its good to stay realistic and demystify some assumptions about tea and health benefits. I am still a japanese green tea drinker and like the taste and the effect. Thanks for the informative video!

I love tea. But drinking nearly 12 cups of it everyday surely aint good 😂 and in ireland nearly every person I know drinks it

i have a question: what kind of tea did they look at that people drink less soda when drinking tea and if water has the same effects.

What are the tea and coffee results compared to? "Drink 3 more cups of tea a day was associated with a reduction in ... [stuff]" vs people that don't drink tea? Do we just assume people are drinking soda or.. water? Maybe this is an obvious thing that I am not picking up on. After watching coffee and tea episodes I wonder what would happen if we did similar studies to people that drank 3 more cups of water a day.

what about the added sugar and sweeteners to teas? I know that the amount of sugar added (if any) varies widely between regions. Does that have an effect?

It depends on what tea, loose leaf or tea bags. With tea bags you get the sweepings, which is just the tips of the tea leaf. loose leaf is the whole tea leaf and contains the goodness fount in the leafs.

It's interesting that there's a difference between drinking Black Tea and Green Tea since both come from the same plant. The only difference between the two is the way the leaves are prepared before they are packaged to be sold to customers.

Could the reduced risk of depression have to do with the ritual of preparing tea rather than the actual tea itself?

I recently stopped drinking coffe and instead started drink tea. I had trouble focusing and often turned and changed my day and sleeping cycle. Iv also had issues feeling overall very drowzy some hours after i took my coffee. When i woke up from sleep i felt very slow. Now after like 1 week with tea i have already improved my sleeping and day cycle. I cant stay up to 4 am anymore and wake up 12 pm. I also feel less tired after i wake up. I feel overall more balanced doing ordinary stuff and not some drowzy caffine crash. U can generally say that i must have been sensetive to caffine...but tea so far has been a real gamechanger and i drink 2-4 cups a day.

short answer: yes, it makes heart disease diabetes and cancer risks lower.

Are the effects from drinking tea, or just being more hydrated in general?

Stopped drinking tea 3 days ago and my skin looks young and clean. I normally visit the bathroom 5/6 times a night. Did not go once last night and i have enlarged prostate.

There are a few health professionals who warn us of an acidosis epidamic. Nearly every doctor I talk to denys this. Could you look into this?

This video was 6 years ago , but this 2022 has lot more studies and research about TEA . That proven to be beneficial to our health

Now you must do a video on drinking 'yerba mate'! I must know the benefits of all my hot drinks! ;)

"I'm also a coffee drinker" I picked up on that

One thing I'm wondering about this is are you referring​ to the way the British/Irish drink tea (served hot with sugar and milk) or unsweetened iced tea?

What kind of tea are they counting as 'tea', though? (re: the studies that don't specify.) This is important to me, since I can't have caffeine. Decaf coffee still has tons of caffeine, but herbal infusions prepared without tea leaves have none.

Is it fair to say that the perceived health benefits (like less likelihood of cardiovascular disease) when consuming a fair amount of coffee and beverages (2-3 cups a day) is more likely due to the fact that if these substances are your preferred drink of the day, therefore decreasing your intake of more damaging beverages like soda?

I would love an episode on the good vs bad lifelong effects of male babies who were fed soy based formula. Also if soy products (soy milk and tofu) are safe to eat. As a severe lactose intolerant I drink organic soy milk daily with my coffee.

It depends what kind of tea you are drinking. I personally love organic ginger tea and organic whole leaf tea...

could you make a video on the dangers of commonly prescribed drugs such as antidepressants and migraine medication. i think doctors and patients alike dont understand how easy it is to be seriously affected by common medication

What was the size of a "cup" of tea (or coffee for that matter)

I wonder if the observed effects may be primarily due to displacing less healthy dietary items.

I wouldn't think tea itself would carry any real risks, but I know some tea addicts that put a lot of sugar in their tea. Maybe something to note for heavy tea drinkers is to stay conscious of their sugar intake if they do take sugar in their tea.

how much is a cup? a cup as in a measuring cup that is used for baking?

Could you make a video on the benefits and risks of energy drink consumption?

well i have stopped taking tea completely from the last 2 weeks or so...and guess what, i can sleep in the afternoon now...for life i had tried taking siesta but invain...tea created restlessness in me....and i have successfully deduced it that tea is not healthy at all...and i can better concentrate now..

I'm sure it's been asked but did the studies focus on black or green tea?

How large are these cups of tea in ml? I drink about 1,5 till 2 liters of tea per day, green, white, herbal and black....I'll live forever...if I don't get an accident hahaha.

I wonder if a lot of these have more to do with not drinking more harmful drinks (pop, milk, etc).

How was the tea "treatment" applied to the subjects? It seems like there could be a pretty substantial confounding factor due to the correlation between the diets and ethnicities of tea drinking nations. I'm hoping these are not Observational Studies.

I drank, 10+ cups today and idk whats wrong with my bad. It hurts on the stomach era.

is drinking tea bad for yoy im just 15 yrs old from philippines and my tea name is dilmah is that good for me or not pls i need the answer

Another possible confounding factor may be education level, since intellectuals and health-concerned persons tend to be tea tea drinkers

I wonder how many of the health benefits in the observational studies might also apply to drinking extra water (rather than nothing at all or more sugary beverages)

I'm drinking tea and good luck with the family.

A woman working in a blood donation clinic told me drinking tea lowers the level of iron in your blood - to the point it may be the reason I often am not allowed to donate blood. Do you have any studies about the link between tea drinking and iron levels?

I drank tea maybe too much. I drank the entire teapot if my family didn't drink tea and sometimes I made my own tea in teapot and drank it alone. Is that bad?

Would the style of serving change the effect. I imagine that as most of these studies are outside of the US it probably focused on hot tea. Would iced tea also have similar benefits

For me personally it helps me stay awake and it helps me be energized

I drink tea, but I get the feeling that a lot of the benefits are from tea/coffee substituting sweet drinks. There is a limit to how much people drink of anything every day, so some of the benefits might be from less sugar.

Does green tea reduces the effect of glutathione pills? Cuz it has caffeine?

thats why i like tea and drinking for a long time

I'd be interested to know if there are any studies on herbal tea and possible benefits. As someone with anxiety that can be aggravated by caffeine, I tend to avoid both coffee and black teas (plus high caffeine sodas). And there's no way I'm about to even try drinking the kind of amounts they're saying are beneficial when I can't handle two cups of coffee without the risk of jitters, possible nausea, and sudden onset of panic. o .o

I just wanted to know if I could keep drinking Lipton, Tai, chai, etc not if they would stop my cancer

how about matcha? vihart talks about it in her blog, so i guess she digs it. you guys know if the health benefits are legit?

depends on what kind of tea you drink.

i might have mentioned this already, but can you make a video about vegetarianism and or veganism? on a not exactly unrelated note: what do you think of Vitamin B12? are most people in danger to have not enough intake or only vegans or noone?

I am not a tea fan but I can see how there can be good and some harms and if its green tea or black. I also see you have to drink a lot just to get a good effect as a long term health benefit and with such low percentages I am not going to start forcing down tea for these little benefits but a good way to gain a edge. I just feel its not worth much to debate about what do you think?

I am wondering as well as to when they "tea" referring to the studies done, what they are talking about. Did they study just Black and Green teas, or Earl Grey, Decaf, etc.. Some of the studies got my attention because I did not know what some of the cancers in particular drinking tea could potentially lower the risk of (such as liver). I am a stronger tea drinkers and not only drink it because it is good but as well as all of the benefits, due to the large amount of antioxidants. I will drink it if I am sick, tired, awake, want to improve physical activity, etc.. As he said as well, I am not shocked about these results since a lot of people already have the consensus that tea is overall good for you. I believe it people need to drink it more, due to it's amazing affects: lower risks in multiple cancers, cardiovascular disease, increase brain function, reduced risk in dementia, and type 2 diabetes and a key component fat burner.

What kind of tea are you talking about when you say tea?