Tea without milk: lifestyle advice based on a small lab study: reply

Abstract

We thank von Elm and Antes for their comments on our article ‘Addition of milk prevents vascular protective effects of tea’. In the first section of the letter, the authors critically comment on the newspaper coverage of our study, particularly on one-sided and unbalanced reporting in the press. They also note that only a few agencies took the time to give a more complex view and that bad news sells better than good news. We agree with the authors that any one-sided coverage of a story—whatever the topic might …