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Green or Black: Are You Drinking the Healthiest Tea?

The surprising science of tea - and how you could be undoing the benefits

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Ben Jones MD PhD
Jul 19, 2025
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Much as I’d love to shake off those British stereotypes, I do love tea.

I drink coffee too - mostly because the research suggests that combining tea and coffee offers more protection against dementia than either one alone.

But if I had to choose a side? Tea, every time.

Still, I’ve long had a nagging doubt: is my beloved black tea the poor cousin of green …

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