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Published online 15 May 2007 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news070514-5
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Does milk ruin tea?
Latest study suggests that milky tea is just as good for you.
Here's a ray of hope for milky-tea drinkers: new research shows that the quaint British custom of adding milk doesn't ruin the beneficial properties of the traditional drink.
Previous studies have suggested that milk can cancel the antioxidant effects of certain chemicals known as polyphenols, found in black tea.
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