What is in our Daily Cuppa?

On average, British people drink 3.5 cups of tea a day. Professor Vincent Marks stated increasing this average consumption by just one cup per day might yield significant health benefits in a population basis, not lease because of its contribution to fluid intake.

Taken on its own tea has no calories. However, as most people take it with semi-skimmed milk tea a valuable provider of the nutritional content of milk. Taken with milk, the average daily tea consumption provides approximately 16per cent of the recommended daily amount of calcium an significant amounts of folic acid, riboflavin (B2) and vitamin B6.Tea is a rich source of: manage which is essential for bone growth and the body's development; potassium, which is vital for maintaining fluid levels in the body; zinc, which is essential for growth and development and fluo which helps to prevent tooth decay and gum disease.