November 23/London/Telegraph -- Women who begin drinking tea at a young age and drink the beverage more often are less likely to get ovarian cancer, which affects around 7,000 Britons a year. The results of the study were published in the journal Cancer Epidemiology and have been welcomed by the Tea Advisory Panel.
Health experts conducted a two-year study of 1,000 women with an average age of 59, half of which were diagnosed with ovarian cancer, while a controlled group of 500 were free of the disease. They were questioned about their tea drinking habits from how often they made a cup, what kind of tea they drank and when they first started.