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Tea Consumption and Health Outcomes: Umbrella Review of Meta-Analyses of Observational Studies in Humans.

Mengshi YiXiaoting WuWen ZhuangLin XiaYi ChenRui ZhaoQianyi WanLiang DuYong Zhou
Published in: Molecular nutrition & food research (2019)
Tea consumption, except for very hot tea, seems generally safe at usual levels of intake, with summary estimates indicating the largest reduction for diverse health outcomes at two to three cups per day. Generally, tea consumption seems more beneficial than harmful in this umbrella review. Randomized controlled trials are further needed to understand whether the observed associations are causal.
Keyphrases
  • meta analyses
  • systematic review
  • randomized controlled trial
  • clinical trial
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  • body mass index
  • weight gain