Drinking tea will boost your brain function: Research
Researchers have found that regular tea drinkers have better organised
brain regions and this is associated with healthy cognitive function as
compared to non-tea drinkers.
“Our results offer the first evidence of positive contribution of tea drinking to
brain structure, and suggest that drinking tea regularly has a protective
effect against age-related decline in brain organisation,” according to a study
authored by Feng Lei, Assistant Professor from the National University of
Singapore.
Previous researchers have demonstrated that tea intake is beneficial to human
health and the positive effects include mood improvement and cardiovascular
disease prevention. For the study published in the journal Aging, the research
team recruited 36 adults aged 60 and above and gathered data about their
health, lifestyle and psychological well-being.
The elderly participants also had to undergo
neuropsychological tests and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The study was
carried out from 2015 to 2018.
Upon analysing the participants’ cognitive performance
and imaging results, the research team found that individuals who consumed
either green tea, oolong tea, or black tea at least four times a week for about
25 years had brain regions that were interconnected in a more efficient way. “We
have shown in our previous studies that tea drinkers had better cognitive
function as compared to non-tea drinkers,” Lei said.
“Our current results relating to brain network
indirectly support our previous findings by showing that the positive effects
of regular tea drinking are the result of improved brain organisation brought
about by preventing disruption to interregional connections,” he added.
23.09.2019
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