ArticleFrontiers in nutrition2025
Maintaining long-term frequent tea consumption could reduce the risk of cognitive decline: results from a 10-year longitudinal study.
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- Theabrownin from Dark Tea Attenuates Age-Related Cognitive Decline in Naturally Aged Mice by Modulating Gut Microbiota and Metabolites.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Combined associations of tea consumption and smoking with accelerated biological aging among oilfield workers.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- Sleep quality mediates the association between tea consumption and duration of COVID-19-related symptoms in middle-aged and elderly adults (aged 50 and above).Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
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Background: Previous studies have suggested that tea may have neuroprotective effect. This study aimed to investigate the association between tea consumption frequency and cognitive decline, taking into account changes in consumption habits and selection bias. Methods: This study used data from the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey (CLHLS) in 2008, 2011, 2014, and 2018 years. Changes in tea consumption habits were identified based on the frequency and consistency of tea consumption at baseline and at the last follow-up. Cognitive function was assessed by using Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE). Cox proportional hazards models were conducted to estimate association between tea consumption habits and cognitive decline. Inverse probability of treatment weighting (IPTW) was applied to reduce selection bias. Results: Consistently frequent tea consumption reduced the risk of cognitive decline, whereas inconsistently frequent tea consumption did not. Compared with consistently infrequent tea drinkers, the multivariable-adjusted HR of cognitive decline was 0.98 (95% CI: 0.90, 1.06) for inconsistently frequent tea drinkers, and 0.86 (95% CI: 0.76, 0.96) for consistently frequent tea drinkers. With increasing frequency of tea consumption, the risk of developing cognitive decline decreased ( Conclusion: Maintaining an uninterrupted habit of frequent tea consumption over time could reduce the risk of cognitive decline, whereas inconsistently frequent tea consumption was not significant, even after IPTW adjustment. Regular consumption of tea and fruit has a synergistic effect on cognitive health.
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