Time magazine echoed an article published in Human Molecular Genetics based a study linking tea consumption with biological effects at the genetic level. Specifically, the study focused on epigenetic changes in women, in 28 different regions of the body related to cancer and with estrogens metabolism. Research shows the changes in DNA due to the bioholic effects of drinking tea, which could play an important role in the health of the individual on a general level.
We talk about epigenetics when behavior or the environment can trigger chemical changes in the body that affect certain genes to be activated or inhibited. Coffee was not directly associated with these changes, even containing antioxidants, determining that it affects the body in another way. Based on more than 3,000 DNA samples from adults from different European countries, participants in the research detailed the details of their lifestyle and diet, as well as their tea and coffee habits. The sampled data were expanded and compared for segmentation with values ??such as age, gender, and smoking habits.
According to the team that carried out the research, the objectives of the study would have to be expanded to determine the quantity and type of tea needed to provoke these epigenetic changes. The researchers also referred to the relationship between tea consumption and tumor suppression, the reduction of inflammation and the level of estrogen in women. These benefits are considered as the result of epigenetic changes behind better health.
They also related a higher consumption of tobacco in coffee drinkers than tea, concludings that the latter ones being more aware of having a good healthy habits. However they also recognize that this research is in the first phase, which could be further elaborated to be able to accurately determine how tea consumption takes effect in general health benefits.
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