both coffee and tea have health benefits. Providing you don't load your coffee – or tea – with sugar and cream, either can be a good source of certain nutrients and antioxidants linked to disease prevention.

Let's start with tea. Fresh tea leaves are an incredibly rich source of phytochemicals called catechins, which have potent antioxidant properties. In fact, tea is one of the highest sources of antioxidants in the North American diet. When it comes to health, most of the research has focused on green tea suggesting the beverage may help lower the risk of certain cancers (breast, ovarian) and heart disease. Regular black tea drinkers have also been found to have a lower risk of developing heart disease.

The strongest evidence for coffee's health benefits centre around diabetes. Drinking coffee – at least three cups per day – has been linked to a lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes in a number of studies. Coffee – caffeinated and decaffeinated – contains an antioxidant called chlorogenic acid, which has been shown to dampen inflammation in the body, reduce glucose (sugar) absorption and improve how the body uses insulin, the hormone that lowers blood glucose. Coffee also contains magnesium, a mineral linked to blood sugar regulation.

There is a downside with coffee for some people: its high caffeine content. (Tea contains much less caffeine than coffee.) Drinking too much coffee can result in a high intake of caffeine which can disrupt sleep and rob calcium from bones (if you consume too little calcium from foods). And some studies suggest that high intakes of caffeine during pregnancy can increase the risk of miscarriage.

Women of childbearing age should limit caffeine intake to 300 milligrams per day. Other healthy adults can safely consume 400 milligrams daily – almost 2.5 cups of coffee worth. (One eight ounce cup of regular coffee (filter drip) contains roughly 180 milligrams of caffeine.) One eight ounce cup of black tea has 43 milligrams of caffeine and green tea contains 30 milligrams.

Coffee – both regular a decaf – can also trigger heartburn if you have reflux (GERD).

So what's better for you – coffee or tea? That really depends on you. If you are not sensitive to caffeine and don't suffer heartburn, both coffee and tea are considered healthy especially if you skip the sugar.

If it's antioxidants you're after, go for green tea which contains about three times more catechins than black tea.

In phytochemistry long ago I learned tea, and it has to do with its minerals (fluor notably), not antioxidants. Specially as it is now considered that antioxidan tpropoerties (specially as commonly measured by colorimetric tests) are not at all relevant concenring the health effects of the various molecules.

However about the green tea recommandation I would be VERY careful, as its catechins notably epigallocatechin gallate are knwon to contribute to anemia in women by sequestring iron.

Plus in coffee you have many melanoidin and other products due to roasting.

I think tea is healthier than coffee.Tea consumption lowers risk of stroke and heart disease, boost brain health, improves bone density, reduces inflammation, improves memory, prevents cancer, reduces body weight, improves oral health, and relieves constipation.

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The best tea

You should take green tea, which is the best of all

Bir Jahangir Shirazy

• Coffee also contains antioxidants, but in a much lower concentration than white tea.
• Both tea and coffee are capable of providing drinkers with benefits. ...
• Based on caffeine levels, tea might be better if you like drinking your beverages in large quantities

What about both of them, sometimes tea and some other times coffea. What about the health risk of the roasted coffea and the non organic grown tea?

I agree with Mr Jasim's detailed explanation.

Coffee has more 'addictive' property attached. But usually the aroma, flavor and stimulant effect caters to several coffee drinkers.

Tea has more medicinal value, especially if consumed as green tea / black tea. Benefits include detox, regeneration, digestion and refreshment.

Whether Coffee or Tea, moderation of volume is essential.

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I think Tea

In my view, either tea or coffee is better for health depending on the timing, since too much drinking will affect your nervous system.

In my part, coffee is far better!

I like tea and Tea has less caffeine than coffee.

Tea is more preferable than coffee because it makes people calm and full of energy

Both are equally important. None is more important than the other. The relative importance or requirement depends on the health need of the consumer.

Regularly drinking green tea can help you lose weight and reduce your risk of several diseases, including diabetes, heart disease and cancer. Drinking three to five cups of green tea per day seems to be optimal to reap the most health benefits. ... In fact, drinking more green tea may greatly improve your health.

https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/how-much-green-tea-per-day

The potential health benefits associated with drinking coffee include: protection against type 2 diabetes, Parkinson's disease, liver disease, and liver cancer. the promotion of a healthy heart.

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/270202

There are many more kinds of tea than there are coffees, perhaps infinitely many more, including many medicinal herbal teas!

Tea and coffee both have beneficial as well as adverse effects on health. For a better insight you may follow the link below:

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I think tea because it has less caffeine in it

Beneficial effects of tea and coffee on various adverse cardiovascular outcomes, including CHD, stroke, arrhythmias and all-cause mortality are similar. But the favourable effects of these beverages are offset by potential risks, which are mostly related to high caffeine dosages and include anxiety, insomnia and possible bone loss. In addition, both tea and coffee have antimicrobial activities. For an in-depth understanding please have a look at the following attachment: