Study finds women who drink two cups of tea a day live longer

Stick the kettle on!

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Recent research has discovered that drinking tea can extend women's life expectancy.

The study carried out in Australia focused on the health of 1,000 women aged over 75.

Their diets were tracked over five years, as well as their tea and coffee consumption.

Over the course of the study, 88 per cent of the women were still alive.

Researchers established that those who drank two cups of tea per day were 40 per cent more likely to live longer and less likely to die from heart disease and cancer – currently the two biggest killers of women over the age of 65.

It's all down to the flavonoids in tea, a compound that works to boost health.

Flavonoids are also found in chocolate, red wine and vegetables, but the study discovered that it was tea that made the biggest contribution to the surviving women's flavonoid count.

Two cups of tea provide the recommended daily flavonoid count of 350mg.