Drink to Heart Health

One of the keys to heart health could be right in your office break room.

The results of a recent study conducted in the Netherlands show that two workplace beverage staples, coffee and tea, can cut your risk of heart disease.

The study found benefits associated with moderate to high consumption of tea and moderate consumption of coffee. That’s good news for those early-morning java sippers and throughout-the-day tea drinkers.

Drinking more than six cups of tea per day was found to cut heart disease risk by an impressive 36%, while drinking between three and six cups lowered the risk of heart-disease-related death by 45%.

Drinking two to four cups of coffee per day resulted in a 20% lower risk of heart disease when compared with people who drank more or less coffee. Researchers also noted that coffee drinkers tended to have less healthy diets and smoke more than tea drinkers.

According to researchers, the cardiovascular benefit of tea might be related to its antioxidant content.

So stock up on tea bags and coffee filters in your office break room, and spread the word about the surprising potential health benefits of these caffeinated cupfuls.

Of course, heart disease prevention is about more than just what you drink. It’s important that diet, exercise, and lifestyle changes work together toward the goal of cardiovascular health.

Keep in mind these heart-healthy tips from the Mayo Clinic: