Some people swear they can't wake up in the morning without a strong coffee, while others prefer to start the day with a nice pot of tea.
有些人認為沒有了濃咖啡的相助，早上鐵定起不來，而另一些人喜歡伴著一壺清茶，開啟新的一天。
But with the benefits and dangers of regularly consuming these drinks hotly debated each week, which is better for us?
但是當每周都要圍繞“茶和咖啡的好處和壞處”而展開激烈的爭論時，我們不禁要問，究竟哪個對我們更有益？
TEA AND COFFEE: THE KEY HEALTH BENEFITS
茶和咖啡的主要健康益處
TEA
茶
1. Drinking three to four cups of tea a day can cut the chance of a heart attack
每天喝三到四杯茶減少患心臟病的幾率
2. Helps prevent type 1 diabetes and slow its progression once it has developed
有助于預防1型糖尿病；如果一旦患上，可以延緩病情發展
3. People who drink black tea four times a day for six weeks were found to have lower levels of the stress hormone cortisol
每天飲用四次紅茶，堅持六周，壓力的激素水平會降低
4. Contains fluoride which protects teeth
含有氟化物，可以保護牙齒
5. Men who drink more than 10 cups of green tea per day are less likely to develop disorders of the liver
每天喝10杯以上的綠茶可以降低患肝病的風險
6. Green tea may protect against lung cancer
綠茶可預防肝癌
7. Green tea reduces the risk of oesophageal cancer in women by 60 per cent
綠茶可以使女性患食道癌的風險降低六成
8. Green and white tea contains anti-oxidants which may have anti-ageing potential
綠茶和白茶含有抗氧化劑，可防衰老
9. White tea can help prevent obesity
白茶有助于預防肥胖
10. Tea is hydrating
茶可以保濕

But
但是

1. Tea may contain pesticides, even if it’s been labelled as organic
茶可能含有農藥，即使它標簽上寫的是“無機”

2. Tea contains a large amount of tannin. Tanin reduces the absorption of iron in the body which can lead to anaemia.
茶葉中含有大量的單寧，會降低人體吸收鐵的能力，從而導致貧血

3. Tea contains caffeine which has been proven to cause anxiety and rises in blood pressure
而且經研究，茶中含有的咖啡因會引發憂慮和血壓升高

4. Adding milk may also stop the benefits tea has against cancer
而添加牛奶會抵消茶的防癌功效

COFFEE
咖啡

1. Helps prevent type 2 diabetes
有助于預防2型糖尿病
2. Protects against the liver, especially cirrhosis (liver damage) and liver cancer
預防肝病，尤其肝硬化（肝損傷）和肝癌
3. Decrease the risk of gout in men over 40
使40歲以上男性降低痛風發病風險
4. Reduces risk of Alzheimer's disease
降低阿爾茨海默氏病（老年癡呆癥）的發病風險
5. Reduces the risk of dying of heart disease
減少死于心臟病的風險
6. Improves short term memory and reaction times
提高短期記憶力和反應能力
7. Chemicals found in coffee could be used to make new drugs to treat heart disease and insomnia
咖啡中的化學物質可被用于制造新藥物來治療心臟病和失眠癥
8. Caffeine in coffee increases the effectiveness of painkillers
咖啡中的咖啡因可以加快止疼藥效
But
但是
1. Causes tooth discolouration
咖啡會導致牙齒變色
2. Drinking eight or more cups a fay significantly increased the risk of stillbirths.
而每天喝8杯或8杯以上的咖啡會大大增加死產風險
3. Decreases blood flow to the heart
它減少流回心臟的血液
4. Over 1000 chemicals have been found in roasted coffee with 19 being known carcinogens
而且研究還發現，在烘培咖啡的100多種化學物質中，已知的致癌物質多達19種