Benefits of Drinking Tea Every Day To Prevent Dementia

According to scientists, the benefits of drinking tea every day can prevent dementia. Especially for those who are genetically prone to the debilitating disease. Dementia is a group of diseases with symptoms which constituted a change in a patient in the way of thinking and interacting with others. Short-term memory, thought, speech and motor skills also affected.

The research done by an assistant to Professor Feng Lei from the National University of Singapore (NUS), Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine. The study involved 957 Chinese seniors aged 55 years or older.  Where they found that regular tea consumption may lower the risk of cognitive decline in the elderly as much as 50 percent. While APOE e4 gene carriers, genetically at risk of developing Alzheimer's disease. It may experience a reduction in the risk of dementia decline as much as 86 percent.

Benefits of Drinking Tea Every Day

Data about the benefits of drinking tea every day collected from the participants aged elderly from 2003 to 2005. At regular intervals of two years, researchers assessed the cognitive function using standard tools through 2010. This data includes information on lifestyle, medical conditions, activities physical, and social. Scientists plan to initiate further studies to better understand the impact of the Asian diet on cognitive health in aging. They investigated the effects of bioactive compounds in tea and tested through the assessment of biological markers.

The researchers found that the neuroprotective role when drinking tea is not limit to a particular typ. As long as it brewed from tea leaves, such as green tea, black tea or Oolong tea.

Scientists said the study was conduct in elderly Chinese. The results are also applicable to other races that have important implications for the prevention of dementia. Although high-quality drug testing, implementing effective pharmacological therapy for neurocognitive disorders such as dementia. The disease prevention strategy is difficult to understand. Tea is one of the most widely consume beverage in the world. Where the size of the lifestyle seemed simple and inexpensive so as to reduce the risk of neurocognitive disorder old age.

The benefits of drinking tea every day affect the long term due to bioactive compounds in tea leaves. It such as catechins, theaflavins, thearubigins and L-theanine. These compounds exhibit anti-inflammatory and antioxidant potential, these bioactive nature protects the brain from the blood vessel damage and neurodegeneration. But the understanding of biological mechanisms in detail still very limited. And scientists need more research to find out the exact answer.

Reference

• Daily cuppa keeps dementia at bay, 16 March 2017, by National University of Singapore.
• Tea consumption reduces the incidence of neurocognitive disorders: Findings from the Singapore longitudinal aging study. The Journal of Nutrition, Health & Aging, 2016; 20 (10): 1002 DOI: 10.1007/s12603-016-0687-0