"Tea is nothing other than this: Heat the water, prepare the tea and drink it with propriety. That is all you need to know."
- Sen Rikyu, 16th Century Oriental Tea Master

A recently-published study has indicated that women who drink tea are less likely to develop ovarian cancer than those who do not drink tea.

In the study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, researchers evaluated a link between tea consumption and the risk of ovarian cancer in more than 60,000 women aged 40 to 76 in Sweden.

The women were asked to fill out questionnaires on food and beverages they

consumed regularly. The participants were then followed for about 15 years. About two-thirds of the women indicated that they drank tea at least once a month.

During the follow-up period, 301 women were diagnosed with ovarian cancer, and the researchers were able to correlate tea drinking with lowered ovarian cancer risk.

Researchers found the more tea women drank, the lower their risk of ovarian cancer. Women who drank at least 2 cups of tea per day had a 46% lower risk of ovarian cancer compared with women who do not drink tea. The study further showed that each additional cup of tea was associated with an 18% lower risk of ovarian cancer. They say the ovarian cancer prevention benefits also extended to women who drank coffee in addition to tea.