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Some people swear they can’t wake up in the morning without a strong coffee, while others prefer to start the day with a nice pot of tea.

有些人認爲沒有了濃咖啡的相助，早上鐵定起不來，而另一些人喜歡伴着一壺清茶，開啓新的一天。

But with the benefits and dangers of regularly consuming these drinks hotly debated each week, which is better for us?

但是當每週都要圍繞“茶和咖啡的好處和壞處”而展開激烈的爭論時，我們不禁要問，究竟哪個對我們更有益?

TEA AND COFFEE: THE KEY HEALTH BENEFITS

茶和咖啡的主要健康益處

TEA

茶

1. Drinking three to four cups of tea a day can cut the chance of a heart attack

每天喝三到四杯茶減少患心臟病的幾率

2. Helps prevent type 1 diabetes and slow its progression once it has developed

有助於預防1型糖尿病;如果一旦患上，可以延緩病情發展

3. People who drink black tea four times a day for six weeks were found to have lower levels of the stress hormone cortisol

每天飲用四次紅茶，堅持六週，壓力的激素水平會降低

4. Contains fluoride which protects teeth

含有氟化物，可以保護牙齒

5. Men who drink more than 10 cups of green tea per day are less likely to develop disorders of the liver

每天喝10杯以上的綠茶可以降低患肝病的風險

6. Green tea may protect against lung cancer

綠茶可預防肝癌

7. Green tea reduces the risk of oesophageal cancer in women by 60 per cent

綠茶可以使女性患食道癌的風險降低六成

8. Green and white tea contains anti-oxidants which may have anti-ageing potential

綠茶和白茶含有抗氧化劑，可防衰老

9. White tea can help prevent obesity

白茶有助於預防肥胖

10. Tea is hydrating

茶可以保溼

But

但是

1. Tea may contain pesticides, even if it s been labelled as organic

茶可能含有農藥，即使它標籤上寫的是“無機”

2. Tea contains a large amount of tannin. Tanin reduces the absorption of iron in the body which can lead to anaemia.

茶葉中含有大量的單寧，會降低人體吸收鐵的能力，從而導致貧血

3. Tea contains caffeine which has been proven to cause anxiety and rises in blood pressure

而且經研究，茶中含有的咖啡因會引發憂慮和血壓升高

4. Adding milk may also stop the benefits tea has against cancer

而添加牛奶會抵消茶的防癌功效

COFFEE

咖啡

1. Helps prevent type 2 diabetes

有助於預防2型糖尿病

2. Protects against the liver, especially cirrhosis (liver damage) and liver cancer

預防肝病，尤其肝硬化(肝損傷)和肝癌

3. Decrease the risk of gout in men over 40

使40歲以上男性降低痛風發病風險

4. Reduces risk of Alzheimer’s disease

降低阿爾茨海默氏病(老年癡呆症)的發病風險

5. Reduces the risk of dying of heart disease

減少死於心臟病的風險

6. Improves short term memory and reaction times

提高短期記憶力和反應能力

7. Chemicals found in coffee could be used to make new drugs to treat heart disease and insomnia

咖啡中的化學物質可被用於製造新藥物來治療心臟病和失眠症

8. Caffeine in coffee increases the effectiveness of painkillers

咖啡中的咖啡因可以加快止疼藥效

But

但是

1. Causes tooth discolouration

咖啡會導致牙齒變色

2. Drinking eight or more cups a fay significantly increased the risk of stillbirths.

而每天喝8杯或8杯以上的咖啡會大大增加死產風險

3. Decreases blood flow to the heart

它減少流回心臟的血液

4. Over 1000 chemicals have been found in roasted coffee with 19 being known carcinogens

而且研究還發現，在烘培咖啡的100多種化學物質中，已知的致癌物質多達19種