
Coffee vs Tea: One is Healthier than the Other
Physionic
May 4, 2025
Mindsip insights from this episode:
Limit coffee intake to four cups to retain health benefits
Consuming more than four cups of coffee per day appears to eliminate health benefits or even increase mortality risk, a pattern not observed with tea.
Leverage coffee and tea for cardiovascular and gut health
Tea contains flavonoids that stimulate nitric oxide to open arteries, while coffee has melanoidins that gut microbes use to produce beneficial fats.
Leverage coffee for digestive disease benefits
Unlike for other conditions, even higher doses of coffee seem to track with significant benefits for digestive diseases.
Investigate sleep data to clarify coffee consumption effects
The study's negative findings for high coffee consumption could be explained by a lack of data on sleep, a major confounding factor.
Limit coffee to two cups or tea to three cups daily for optimal health
The analysis suggests the best health outcomes are linked to one to two cups of coffee or about three cups of tea per day.
Choose tea over coffee for sustained cardiovascular benefits
The cardiovascular benefits of coffee diminish with higher consumption, while tea's benefits are maintained up to around 10 cups per day.
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