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Drink five cups of tea a day, Dutch health council says
The Health Council of the Netherlands published new guidelines recommending that people drink between three and five brews each day
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Incessant tea drinking has long been the preserve of the British, second only to tap water as the nations’ most popular beverage.
But it appears our continental cousins are catching up.
Official health guidelines in the Netherlands - where school children as young as four are already served tea as a lunch time drink - are for the first time encouraging adults to indulge in regular cups of tea.
The Health Council of the Netherlands, an independent scientific body that advises parliament, this week published new guidelines recommending that people drink between three and five brews each day.
Green tea has been lauded for its health benefits Photo: Jonathan Buckley"We noted that in the scientific literature in the last 10 years, there are clear signs that drinking tea is good for your health,” said Eert Schoten, a spokesman for the health council.
“Three to five cups a day reduce blood pressure, diabetes and stroke risks, so this comes as one of our 16 guidelines.”
The guidelines state that the tea must been green or black; rooibos and other herbal teas do not count.
The growth of fruit and herbal teas has come at the expense of standard tea, which has dropped heavily in demand, say experts. Photo: Alamy
Dutch children are also encouraged to drink tea. At leading schools, such as the Theo Thijssenschool in central Amsterdam, youngsters from the age of four are offered milky tea as a lunchtime drink.
There are several brands of herbal tea that especially marketed for children in the Netherlands, such as “Dragonfire”, a blend including elderflower, ginger, peppermint and licorice. The Dutch brand Pyramide has four types of “kinder thee”, complete with cartoon character packaging.
Tim Bond, a member of the Tea Advisory Panel said that the Dutch guidance is "in keeping with what we would advocate".
"Three to five cups of tea are associated with reduced risk of cardiovascular disease and stroke"
Tim Bond, a member of the Tea Advisory Panel
"A number of recent studies looking at long term drinking habits have indicated that 3-5 cups of tea are associated with reduced risk of cardiovascular disease and stroke," he said.
"Other studies in the short term looking at risk factors also agree that daily tea consumption in this range are likely to have a positive impact on heart heath."
Earlier this year, doctors warned of the hidden dangers of green tea after a teenage girl who drank three cups a day for three months contracted acute hepatitis.
The 16-year-old girl had ordered two boxes of Chinese green tea online, and drank three cups a day for three months.
Doctors identified green tea as the “causative agent” of the girl’s hepatitis, and ordered her to stop drinking it immediately.
Authors of a report about the case, published in the British Medical Journal, said infections developing as a result of excessive herbal tea drinking were a “rare but recurring theme”.
Green tea, which is rich in a depression-fighting animo acid called theanine,has previously been lauded for its health benefits.
It has been suggested that its antioxidants help with breast, lung and stomach cancers. It has also been claimed that a cup can protect against dementia and Alzheimer’s and improve cholesterol levels.
Drink five cups of tea a day, Dutch health council says - Telegraph
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