Have a Cup of Tea

Just One Thing - with Michael Mosley

BBC

Health & Fitness, Science

4.6 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 20 September 2023

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Michael gets cosy with a cuppa to find out how drinking tea can boost your heart health, reduce stress and may even benefit your bones! With the help of Professor Andrew Steptoe, Head of Behavioural Science at University College London, Michael learns the surprising benefits of ordinary tea. They discuss the benefits of bioactive compounds in tea, including L-theanine and polyphenols. A tasty brew can not only help you recover from stress, it can even benefit your heart health and reduce inflammation…Meanwhile, our volunteer Kit enjoys adding more tea to her life.

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Producer: Nija Dalal-Small Science Producer: Catherine Wyler Assistant Producer: Gulnar Mimaroglu Trainee Assistant Producer: Toni Arenyeka Executive Producer: Zoe Heron A BBC Studios production for BBC Sounds / BBC Radio 4.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds.
0:02.0	Hello everyone, it's Michelle Vassage, and welcome to my podcast Rule Breakers.
0:06.0	But you sit down and be bright.
0:08.0	Celebrating women's voices.
0:10.0	You're very welcome to now you're asking with me, Marion Keys Keys and me Tara Flynn.
0:14.8	This is juicy. No limits, no limits.
0:17.2	Celebrating women.
0:18.8	Where to be a woman is the podcast celebrating the best of women's well-being. We're on a quest to find out
0:24.4	where in the world women are living their best lives. Celebrate yourself.
0:28.8	Lesson on BBC Sounds.
0:36.0	BBC Sounds, Music Radio Podcasts. You're about to listen to a brand new, just one thing, with me, Michael Mosley.
0:41.0	New episodes will be released on Wednesdays, but if you're in the UK
0:45.1	you can listen to new episodes a week early. First, on BBC Sounds. We would all like some quick and simple ways to improve our health, but we're inundated with often conflicting advice.
1:02.0	So if you were going to try just one thing to improve your
1:05.3	mental and physical well-being what should it be? Maybe a cup of tea to help your heart
1:10.5	health or listening to music to open up your blood vessels.
1:15.0	How about a walk on a rainy day to improve your immune system?
1:20.0	I'm Dr Michael Mosley and this is just one thing where each episode we'll explore
1:25.8	one thing you can start doing today to improve your health or life in ways you might not
1:31.8	expect.
1:34.0	It's mid-o afternoon and I'm about to have a break.
1:38.0	I'm juggling a lot of work at the moment and this can be really stressful. So I'm about to do just one
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