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Article: A CUP OF TEA INSPIRES ONE TO BREW UP SOME QUESTIONS.(LOCAL)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- July 10, 1999
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Byline: Guy Friddell
At lunch Friday, I ordered a cup of tea.
What choice did one have after reading the news that scientists have found that drinking at least one cup of tea a day can cut the risk of heart attack by 44 percent?
But how in the name of the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co. did scientists work it out to 44 percent?
Every scientific team - and every schoolroom - ought to take aboard one klutz who, because he is absolutely clueless about what's going on, will ask questions that wouldn't occur to anybody else.
Researchers say that the tea's beneficial effect is due to powerful amounts of natural substances known ...