NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A cup of green tea per day may help keep gum disease at bay, a new study suggests.Researchers found that among middle-aged Japanese, the odds of having gum disease declined as the men's intake of green tea rose.
For each daily cup they drank, the risk of having signs of gum disease -- including receding, easily bleeding gums -- inched downward, the researchers report in the Journal of Periodontology.
The findings do not mean, however, that green tea is a substitute for seeing the dentist. The relationship between green tea and lower odds of gum disease was fairly weak, Dr. Yoshihiro Shimazaki, one of the researchers on the study, told Reuters Health.
For each daily cup they drank, the risk of having signs of gum disease -- including receding, easily bleeding gums -- inched downward, the researchers report in the Journal of Periodontology.
The findings do not mean, however, that green tea is a substitute for seeing the dentist. The relationship between green tea and lower odds of gum disease was fairly weak, Dr. Yoshihiro Shimazaki, one of the researchers on the study, told Reuters Health.
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