This is why you don't actually need to add sugar to your tea - YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Sign in Welcome!Log into your account Forgot your password? Password recovery Recover your password Search Sign in Welcome! Log into your account Forgot your password? Get help Password recovery Recover your password A password will be e-mailed to you. YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Home Life This is why you don’ t actually need to add sugar to your tea By You Magazine - May 1, 2019 How many sugars do you have in your tea? Health experts insist that we should never consume more than seven teaspoons of added sugar per day. Despite this, Brits consume almost double that amount. But according to science, we don’t actually need any at all to make our tea taste better. Getty Images As reported by MailOnline, new research suggests that the idea of sugar making our tea more tasty is all in our heads. In fact, the study, conducted by a team of scientists from University College London and the University of Leeds, showed that those who don’t have tea in their sugar enjoy their cuppa just as much as those who do. Explaining their results, the authors said: ‘Excess sugar intake is a public health problem and sugar in beverages contributes substantially to total intake. Reducing sugar intake from beverages may therefore help to reduce overall consumption.’ This was demonstrated in their findings as the researchers found that those who cut out sugar in their tea or gradually reduced the amount of sugar they used, turned out to enjoy their drinks just as much as they would with sugar. Getty Images To carry out the study, the researchers analysed data from 64 male participants who drank tea sweetened with sugar daily and made them follow a new habit for a month. The men were split into three groups: one group who gradually reduced the sugar in their drink over four weeks, a second group that quit sugar altogether in one drastic step, and a control group who continued to drink sweet tea. The team concluded that ‘individuals can successfully reduce the amount of sugar consumed in tea using two different behavioural strategies. Similar interventions could be used to reduce intake of sugar in other beverages such as dilutable fruit juices (eg squash), as well.’ However, they did admit that a bigger study would need to be conducted to confirm their findings. RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR Everything we know about The Crown season 5 Aldi s exercise equipment is on sale with up to 50% off The best Halloween events for 2022 across the UK Popular in Life The You magazine team reveal their New Year s resolutions December 31, 2021 Susannah Taylor The TLC tools your body will love January 23, 2022 How to stop living in fear February 6, 2022 Susannah Taylor My pick of the fittest leggings February 27, 2022 Women’ s Prize for Fiction 2022 winner announced June 17, 2022 These BBC dramas are returning for a second series June 30, 2022 Susannah Taylor gives the lowdown on nature s little helper – CBD April 17, 2022 The baby names that are banned across the world April 27, 2022 The Queen has released her own emojis May 26, 2022 Sally Brompton horoscopes 27th June-3rd July 2022 June 26, 2022 Popular CategoriesFood2704Life2496Fashion2240Beauty1738Celebrity1261Interiors684 Sign up for YOUMail Thanks for subscribing Please check your email to confirm (If you don't see the email, check the spam box) Fashion Beauty Celebrity Life Food Privacy & Cookies T&C Copyright 2022 - YOU Magazine. All Rights Reserved