WHICH IS HEALTHIER: TEA OR COFFEE? THE ANSWER IS BOTH. IN FACT, IF YOU DRINK YOUR COFFEE EARLY ENOUGH IN THE MORNING YOU CAN HAVE A CUP OF TEA IN THE AFTERNOON
Are you a coffee drinker? Do you prefer tea instead? Sometimes people take sides about which is better for you. As it turns out, both drinks are generally good for us under certain circumstances, but one appears to have a slight advantage. CBN News asked medical researcher, heart surgeon, and author, Steven Gundry, M.D. his opinion.
“They’re actually both incredibly good for you,” he said.
The Power of Polyphenols
Dr. Gundry says the biggest reason is because both coffee and tea are loaded with plant compounds called polyphenols.
“Those polyphenols are eaten by our gut bacteria, they’re pre-biotics,” Dr. Gundry explained, “Polyphenols may be one of the keys to having a great gut microbiome. And Hippocrates, 2,500 years ago, the father of medicine, said, ‘All disease begins in the gut.’ And quite frankly I believe that all disease begins and ends in the gut.”
Research shows polyphenols help prevent cancer and feed our mitochondria, the energy-producing organelles in our cells.
Coffee generally contains more polyphenols than tea, but the polyphenol content in coffee varies according to the way it’s roasted.
“The light roast or the medium roast have the most benefits in terms of polyphenols. The darker roasts, like French roast, that darkening process, that dark roasting process, virtually eliminates most of the beneficial polyphenols,” said Dr. Gundry, “In fact one very large national brand, because of their dark roasting, virtually has no polyphenols in their coffee.”
Drink them Straight
After coffee, for the most part, the highest polyphenol concentration is found in green tea, followed by black tea. It’s generally healthier if you don’t add anything to these drinks.
“If you put any milk-based product like half-and-half, like plain old milk, it completely binds with the polyphenols in both tea and coffee and makes them pretty worthless for you.”
If adding something light to your drink, Dr. Gundry recommends non-dairy creamers like coconut milk or almond milk.
Source: CBN, Lorie Johnson
To read more, click here: https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/health/2022/november/coffee-vs-tea-which-is-healthier-the-answer-may-surprise-you
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