Tea

According to the study, while moderate consumption of coffee is not considered bad, excessive intake could make one hear voices that actually don't exist.

Professor Simon Crowe and his colleagues from the School of Psychological Sciences at the La Trobe University based their findings on the fact that caffeine present in coffee is the most commonly used psychoactive drug.

Contrary to the popular belief that tea is dehydrating due to the caffeine content, a new study claims the warm soothing beverage hydrates body as effectively as water with the added antioxidant benefits.

The researchers found daily consumption of four to six mugs of tea to be just as hydrating as a litre of water, with no negative impact on health.

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In a bid to dispel the myth that tea is dehydrating, the researchers in UK conducted a study.

Researchers from Kobe University, China have found that regular consumption of tea can prevent type 2 diabetes by suppressing the damaging changes in blood due to unhealthy, fatty foods, the Daily Mail reported.

Hitherto studies have already linked drinking tea to lowering heart diseases, different types of cancer, and Parkinson's disease.

The present study, conducted on mice, reveals that both green tea and black tea are effective in checking the extra weight gained due to guzzling and gorging on junk food.

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