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Drinking two cups of coffee and tea a day may cut the risk of suffering a stroke and dementia, a study suggests.
Chinese researchers followed 500,000 Britons for over a decade, monitoring their health. Volunteers were also asked about their hot drink intake.
Participants who drank two coffees and two teas daily were a third less likely to suffer a stroke, results showed. And their odds of developing dementia were 28 per cent lower.
Sticking to just coffee or tea alone also appeared to provide some benefit, even if adults only consumed one a day.
But the team, led by Dr Yuan Zhang, admitted the findings may have been down to chance, insisting the clearest link was for numerous hot drinks.
They said: 'Our findings suggested moderate consumption of coffee/tea separately, or in combination, were associated with lower risk of stroke and dementia.'
Scientists have found that drinking a cup of coffee or tea every day may cut the risk of suffering from strokes and dementia (stock image)
The study was carried out by scientists at Tianjin Medical University and published in the journal PLoS Medicine.
Researchers selected participants who were aged between 50-74 and added to the UK Biobank between 2006 and 2010.
Volunteers — who were quizzed about their diets when they first signed up — were not followed up over the ten-year period to check if they still drank the same amount of coffee and tea.
They were also not asked whether they added milk or sugar to their drinks.
