anyone drink black tea?

[pete75]

Volunteers with normal to high blood pressure were given three drinks a day containing 429 milligrams of the plant chemicals polyphenols – the equivalent of eight and a half teas a day.

Well my interpretation of this is that they were not given actual tea.

Have you seen the real test rather than the Daily Telegraph chinese whisper version?

To tell truth I've no idea what the phrase "chinese whisper" means.

[hubgearfreak]

To tell truth I've no idea what the phrase "chinese whisper" means.

what's meant is that someone who may or may not have a qualification in journalism has skimmed over and not really understood the conclusion of a 20 000 word piece of scientific research and condensed it down to a hundred words to fill a space in a newspaper.

i recommend a book called 'bad science' by 'ben goldacre'. otherwise take all these bits of health news from the papers & the BBC with a pinch of salt. assuming that doesn't take you over your 6g a day of salt, obviously.

you may remember the MMR scandal. one (now discredited) chap found a very tenuous link with that and autism in a very, very small sample and the daily mail reported it as absolute fact. consequently a significant number of children weren't vacinated against some horrific diseases.

[pete75]

i recommend a book called 'bad science' by 'ben goldacre'. otherwise take all these bits of health news from the papers & the BBC with a pinch of salt. assuming that doesn't take you over your 6g a day of salt, obviously.

Ah but isn't the salt limit something reported in the papers and by the BBC and therefore to be disregarded??

[tooley92]

Earl grey has to be black, Yorkshire tea with milk - no sugar in either.

[John-D]

what's meant is that someone who may or may not have a qualification in journalism has skimmed over and not really understood the conclusion of a 20 000 word piece of scientific research and condensed it down to a hundred words to fill a space in a newspaper.

Or probably just read the press release and not really understood that

[hubgearfreak]

Or probably just read the press release and not really understood that

yes, quite. and both situations assume that the 'science' was conducted properly and on a decent size sample

[Geoff_N]

I like Twinings Green Tea Blend at home but always have Earl Grey for cafe stops. Not too much Earl Grey cos the bergamot would make me too orange! And only Earl Grey when I'm away from home: it kind of makes trips away a little more special.

[jayjay]

Tea - black.
Coffee - milky.

[hubgearfreak]

so, is this about drinking tea with no milk, ie. having your tea black. or is it about drinking black tea as opposed to green, white or redbush whether there's milk in it or not?

if there's great benefits to be had from supping tetley* sans milk, i could easily do it. if it's about drinking more tetley, then like greybeard it's just not possible

* or M&S city blend

of those in the know regarding access to the original document, was it proper research or not?