Green tea, coffee linked to lower death risk after stroke, heart attack Published February 4th 2021 Drinking large amounts of green tea or a single cup of coffee each day may reduce the risk of death for people who survive heart attacks and strokes, new research shows The study, published Thursday in the American Heart Association journal Stroke, found Japanese stroke survivors who drank at least seven cups of green tea daily lowered their risk of death from any cause by 62 compared to non-tea drinkers Heart attack survivors who drank one cup of coffee daily lowered their overall risk of death by 22 compared to people who didnt drink coffee regularly Researchers had followed participants for up to two decades Previous green tea research among the general population in Japan has shown three to five cups a day of the commonly consumed beverage lowered the risk of death from heart disease Similarly, studies in other parts of the world have shown moderate coffee consumption may reduce the risk of dying from heart disease and other causes In this study, researchers compared green tea and coffee consumption among 46,000 people in 45 communities in Japan Study participants, ages 40 to 79, included those who had previously had strokes or heart attacks and those who had neither
