The large British cuppa can really be a savior in need, because scientists believe that two cups of tea a day can drastically lower your risk of heart failure and strokes – just don’t add sugar

British drink 100 million every day – and it appears that the large British cuppa can be a savior in need.

Tea, who Wilde Wilde described as the only simple pleasure that is left, reduces the risk of heart problems and strokes, according to new research.

Up to two cups of unsweetened tea per day reduces the risk by a maximum of 21 percent.

But add sugar or sweeteners and the benefits are lost, academics say.

Researchers from Nantong University, China, used data on 177,810 British adults, with an average age of around 55.

Of these, 147,903 were tea drinkers and 68.2 percent added no sugar and sweeteners.

All were healthy at the start of the study, but for an average of 12.7 years, 15.003 cases of cardiovascular diseases were diagnosed, including 2,679 strokes and 2,908 heart failure, it was reported in the International Journal of Cardiology Cardiovascular Risk and Prevention.

Those who drank up to two cups of unsweetened tea a day had a reduced risk of heart failure, a 14 percent less likely chance of stroke and were 7 percent less likely to be diagnosed with coronary heart disease.

Tea, who Wilde Wilde described as the only simple pleasure that is left, reduces the risk of heart problems and strokes, according to new research

Such effects were not found for sweetened tea.

It is thought that an unsweetened Cuppa biologically active connections, including polyphenols, in the tea, which have antioxidant and anti -inflammatory effects, retains better.

Both sugars and artificial sweeteners can promote insulin resistance and metabolic dys regulation, which are established risk factors for cardiovascular disease.