Tea (green or black)
The most anti-inflammatory beverage per the Dietary Inflammatory Index. Green tea cuts glycemic impact by about 20%. Contains about 5 mg quercetin per cup.
Health Benefits
Health conditions and aging processes that Tea (green or black) may influence, based on the source research.
Improves
- High blood sugar
Green tea cuts glycemic impact by about 20%.
Source: How Not to Age
Reduces Risk Of
- All-Cause Mortality
Interaction between the FOXO1A-209 genotype and tea drinking is significantly associated with reduced mortality at advanced ages (Zeng et al. 2016)
Source: How We Age
Biological Mechanisms
How Tea (green or black) works at a cellular level.
- PromotesReduces inflammation
Most anti-inflammatory beverage per the Dietary Inflammatory Index.
Sources
- How Not to Age
- How We Age