Cup Of Tea Research Articles

Conversations as Vessels and Anchors

Conversations as Vessels and Anchors

Coffee and tea consumption, patient-reported, and clinical outcomes in a longitudinal study of patients with breast cancer.

BackgroundHigher consumption of coffee and tea has been associated with improved health outcomes in the general population and improved breast cancer (BC) prognosis. This study investigated patterns of coffee and tea consumption and association with patient‐reported outcomes (PROs) and clinical outcomes among survivors of BC.MethodsThe authors included survivors of stage I–III BC enrolled in the CANTO cohort (NCT01993498) that provided post‐treatment assessment of coffee and tea consumption from years 1 to 4 after diagnosis. Group‐based trajectory modeling clustered patients according to daily consumption of coffee and tea. Multivariable mixed models and Cox models examined associations between consumption, PROs and clinical outcomes.ResultsAmong 3788 patients, the authors identified four stable patterns of consumption: “Low” (25.8%), “Moderate” (37.6%), “High” (25.3%), and “Very high” (11.3%), corresponding to <1, 2, 3, and ≥ 4 cups of coffee and/or tea per day. Patients in the “Very high” group (vs. “Low”), were more likely to be younger, smokers, with higher monthly income and education. PROs and survival outcomes were similar across the four groups.ConclusionsOver one in three survivors of BC reported high or very high consumption of coffee and/or tea. The authors found no association between higher consumption of coffee and/or tea, worse PROs and clinical outcomes.

Communication Lake

Communication Lake

Burn injuries in the older population and understanding the common causes to influence accident prevention

IntroductionThe over 65 years old are a fast growing population leading to a future increase in patients. Burn injuries can have a serious effect on a patient’s health, requiring longer hospital stays and affecting their mortality. The regional burns unit at Pinderfields General Hospital cares for all patients with burn injuries in the Yorkshire and Humber region in the United Kingdom. The aim of this study was to understand the common causes of burn injury in the elderly population and to provide scope on what actions need to be carried out to influence accident prevention in the future. MethodsIn this study, patients were aged 65 years or older and had to have been admitted for a minimum of one night to the regional burns unit at Yorkshire, England from January 2012. The data was collected from the International Burn Injury Database (iBID), which included a total number of 5091 patients. After the inclusion and exclusion criteria were applied there were a total number of 442 patients over 65 years old. The data was analysed using descriptive analysis. Results13.0% of all patients admitted with a burn injury were over 65 years old. In the over 65 years old, 31.2% of burn injuries were most common during the activity of food preparation. Out of all the burn injuries within food preparation 75.4% were due to a scald injury. Additionally, 42.3% of scald burns from food preparation were due to hot fluid spills from a kettle or saucepan, rising to 73.1% after including burns from cups of tea and coffee. 21.2% of scalds from food preparation were caused by cooking with hot oil. ConclusionsThe main cause of burn injuries in the elderly of Yorkshire and Humber was food preparation. The majority of the food preparation burn injuries were a scald burn due to the handling of hot fluids, either from a saucepan or a kettle. A prevention strategy aiming to make people aware of this finding can help reduce burn injuries in the over 65 years old age group.

Media Review: Tasting qualities: The past and future of tea

Compartmentalized into six chapters and bookended by an introduction and conclusion, Tasting qualities is an enjoyable read for the cultural afficionado. Besky’s research is comprehensive and her accessible writing brings a vivid narrative to the reader. The researcher’s rich ethnography with its beginnings in 2009 explores tea brokerages in Calcutta, tea plantations in Darjeeling, and tea science laboratories in London (through archives). Through the text, we come to realize that the quality in a simple cup of tea is in fact an attribute that holds within it the results of the marriage of various complex social, technical, and historical relationships.

City Symphony

City Symphony

Hellyer, Robert. Green with Milk and Sugar: When Japan Filled America’s Tea Cups.

Hellyer, Robert. Green with Milk and Sugar: When Japan Filled America’s Tea Cups.

More Than a Cup of Coffee and Tea: A Generation of Lutheran-Muslim Relationships ed. by David D. Grafton

Reviewed by: More Than a Cup of Coffee and Tea: A Generation of Lutheran-Muslim Relationships ed. by David D. Grafton Robert F. Shedinger More Than a Cup of Coffee and Tea: A Generation of Lutheran-Muslim Relationships. Edited by David D. Grafton. Eugene, Oregon: Pickwick Publications, 2021. 212 pp. This book provides an overview of Lutheran-Muslim relationships spanning the last thirty years. Following forewords by Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) Bishop Elizabeth Eaton and Sayyid Syeed, head of the Islamic Society of North America, the book begins with four essays focused on official documents produced by Lutheran bodies on the topic of Lutheran-Muslim relationships as well as the influence of Islamophobia on those relationships. This section includes an essay on the 1986 document God and Jesus: Theological Reflections for Christian-Muslim Dialogue and one on the development of the Lutheran-Muslim consultative panel. These chapters lay the foundation for how the ELCA has thought theologically about its engagement with Islam and Muslims. The next three chapters take us inside specific examples of Lutheran-Muslim engagement in the United States. We learn how Lutherans are engaging with the Somali community in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood of Minneapolis. We learn also about Lutheran-Muslim community connections in Southern California fostered by the Claremont School of Theology and the development of the Center of Christian-Muslim Engagement for Peace and Justice at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago. The final four chapters expand the focus beyond the United States to Lutheran-Muslim encounters in Palestine, Indonesia, Senegal, and India. No doubt, Lutherans have been at the forefront of good faith efforts to build bridges of mutual understanding and cooperation with Muslims around the world. This book does an excellent job of documenting this. But despite all the good work —like the work of the Lutheran World Federation's Augusta Victoria Hospital serving Palestinians from the West Bank and Gaza—I think Lutherans, like other Christians, continue to view Christian-Muslim dialogue from [End Page 232] within a specifically Christian worldview. Are Lutherans authentically hearing Muslim voices? We see a hint of this in the Rev. Jane Buckley-Farlee's essay on engagement with the Somali community in Minneapolis. She relates how Trinity Lutheran Church launched a Safe Place Homework Help program in 2001. An average of fifteen Muslim students come to the church each day after school for help with homework provided by tutors from Augsburg University and the University of Minnesota. One day, Rev. Buckley-Farlee relates how a student asked to use her office to engage in one of the five daily prayers. Rev. Buckley-Farlee, who was working on prayers for her Sunday service, invited the student in to pray. "I could see her standing, bowing, and kneeling, praying, out of the corner of my eye as I tried to type my own prayers for Sunday. It suddenly dawned on me that we were doing the same thing" (83). Well, not exactly. Christian prayer is much more akin to the Muslim practice of dua (intercessory prayer). The obligatory five daily prayers (or salat) involving ritual physical prostration are one of the five pillars of Islam and as such are part of a larger Islamic system designed to inculcate submission to God in all affairs of life in a way that transcends the carefully maintained boundaries between the sacred and secular so fundamental to the Western Christian worldview. This same mistake occurs when Christians liken the Islamic pillar of zakat to charity, missing the fact that zakat is really an obligatory wealth tax and the heart of what many Muslims believe is a uniquely Islamic economic system. I hope that as Lutheran-Muslim relationships move forward, there will be a greater interest among Lutherans and all Christians to understand Islam from a Muslim perspective. They might find real common ground, not necessarily theologically, but in a shared vision of the devastating and dehumanizing effects of modern global capitalism. Christians and Muslims can do much together to save the planet from human-caused catastrophe. [End Page 233] Robert F. Shedinger Luther College Decorah, Iowa Copyright © 2022 Johns Hopkins University Press and Lutheran Quarterly, Inc.

Zinc Oxide and Tea Theaflavin Suppress Enterotoxigenic Salmonella Isolated From Swine Livestock

Objectives Salmonella infection can lead to diarrhea and diminished weight gains in livestock, as well as gastroenteritis in humans. Although antibiotics have been used historically on the farm to promote animal growth, this practice may also foster development of resistant bacterial strains and thereby deplete our arsenal of effective antibiotic therapies. Here, Salmonella typhimurium (isolated from cecal contents of swine) is shown to be vulnerable to zinc oxide (ZnO) and theaflavin 3,3'-digallate (TF3), each at gastrointestinal concentrations achievable via the diet.MethodsPropagation of Salmonella in Mueller-Hinton broth suspension was assessed in dose-response experiments involving ZnO or TF3 exposures, and subsequently in experiments using a combination of these compounds.ResultsThe minimum effective concentrations against 6-hour growth of Salmonella at 37°C were 1 mM ZnO (62% inhibition) or 25 μM TF3 (30% inhibition). Salmonella growth was inhibited up to 99.6% when exposed to 7 mM ZnO, and up to 89% when exposed to 100 μM TF3. In concurrent experiments assessing individual effects of either ZnO or TF3, as well as a combination of these treatments, the minimum effective concentration of ZnO was found to be more potent given alone than when given in combination with TF3.ConclusionsThese findings suggest that physiological concentrations of ZnO within the human gut lumen (upon consuming dietary supplements containing less than the Tolerable Upper Intake Level) may limit or prevent the ability of Salmonella to propagate. Similarly, TF3 (at human gut concentrations upon consuming less than a single cup of black tea) appears to suppress Salmonella, yet TF3 could compete or otherwise constrain the efficacy of ZnO. Applications of these findings may include customized ZnO or TF3 delivery platforms for use in humans at high risk of diarrheal disease or other gastrointestinal disorders (e.g., military personnel on deployment under austere environmental conditions), as well as in agricultural practices to support animal welfare and normal growth without need for therapeutic antibiotics.Funding SourcesSupported by USDA and Texas A&M AgriLife Research.

Effectiveness of Jurisprudential Inquiry Model of Teaching for Enhancing Achievement in Social Science and Social Tolerance among High School Students

Dare not to enter it unless you don’t love it (John Dewey) Teaching is an art as well as Science it is not everybody’s cup of tea. It is a mechanical process which develops all over development of child, The traditional teaching which was teacher centered and full of loopholes and contradiction, it was autocratic in nature. In Indian society there is everywhere social issues, political issues, social injustices and human rights violations. There is no such type of platform were students can rethink on these issues and try to resolve these issues. The Indian education system was not student centered in this system teacher was active and students were passive listeners. Keeping in the mind Oliver and Shaver developed a model namely Jurisprudential Inquiry Model of teaching. by the teaching through this model the students can raise the social issue, rethink on these social issues and try to resolve these issues. and develop social tolerance, by teaching through Jurisprudential Inquiry Model it will enhance social competency, social tolerance, problem solving ability, social leadership team work, SOCIAL TOLERENCE, empathy among the students. so it is a recent trend, it is a method of teaching, device of teaching, tool, technique of teaching through which all round development will be developed among the students.

Tea consumption and risk of incident dementia: A prospective cohort study of 377 592 UK Biobank participants

As a widely consumed beverage, tea boasts diverse health benefits. Herein, we aimed to investigate the association between tea consumption and dementia risk. We conducted a prospective cohort study with 377 592 UK Biobank participants during a 9-year follow-up. Cox regression models adjusted for age, sex, ethnicity, Townsend deprivation index, education, body mass index, lifestyle factors, dietary factors and apolipoprotein E4 status were used to examine the association of tea consumption with dementia risk. Subgroup analyses stratified by age, sex and forms of dementia (Alzheimer’s disease [AD] and vascular dementia [VD]) were performed. Moreover, the restricted cubic splines were used to calculate the nonlinear relationship between daily dosage of tea and dementia risk. After adjustment for all covariates, tea drinkers were 16% (95% confidence interval: 8–23) less likely to develop dementia compared with non-drinkers. Moderate consumption (1–6 cups/day) of tea exerted significant protective effects. Subgroup analyses showed that mid-aged participants or males benefited more from tea consumption. Moreover, moderate drinkers had a 16–19% lower hazard of AD and a 25–29% lower hazard of VD. Furthermore, a U-shaped association between tea consumption and dementia risk was shown (Pnon-linearity = 7E−04), and the consumption of around three cups per day showed the strongest protective effect. Within 3 cups/day, drinking one extra cup of tea per day brought a 6% reduction of incidence. In conclusion, moderate consumption of tea was significantly associated with a reduced risk of dementia, suggesting that tea consumption could be a modifiable lifestyle factor for dementia.

Consumption of Food Components of the Mediterranean Diet Decreases the Risk of Breast Cancer in the Makkah Region, Saudi Arabia: A Case-Control Study.

BackgroundBreast cancer is one of the leading causes of death worldwide, it affects both men and women. In Saudi Arabia, breast cancer has been the most prevalent type of cancer in women, for the past few years. Dietary habits and cultural beliefs vary according to region, and further studies are required to demonstrate the relationship between these dietary habits and cultural beliefs and the risk of developing breast cancer. This study is aimed to discover the relationship between preventive dietary factors of the Mediterranean diet and rates of breast cancer among postmenopausal women in the Makkah region of Saudi Arabia.MethodsA case-control study was conducted in King Abdulla Medical City Hospital, Makkah, Saudi Arabia and included 432 Saudi female participants: 218 in the control group and 214 breast cancer patients. All participants were postmenopausal, around the same age, and all were ethnically Arab Saudis. Data were obtained using a self-administered validated questionnaire.ResultsStudy results showed that a diet that includes 1–2 servings of legumes weekly, 1–5 servings of fish weekly, 1–5 servings of dairy products daily, 3–5 servings of fruits and vegetables daily, and more than one cup of black tea and coffee per day significantly (p < 0.05) reduces the risk of breast cancer.ConclusionThis study demonstrates that consuming a Mediterranean diet, which includes legumes, fish, fruits and vegetables, black tea, coffee, and low intake of dairy products, works as a preventive factor against breast cancer in postmenopausal females from the Makkah region.

Effect of low caffeine doses on jumping performance: a meta-analysis

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explore the effects of low doses of caffeine (<3 mg/kg) on jumping performance using a meta-analysis.Design/methodology/approachThe search for eligible studies was performed through six databases, with additional backward and forward citation tracking. A random-effects meta-analysis was performed to compare the effects of caffeine vs placebo on jump height. The methodological quality of the included studies was appraised using the physiotherapy evidence database checklist.FindingsEight studies were included in the review. They were classified as good or excellent methodological quality. The pooled number of participants across all studies was 203. Four studies provided caffeine in relative doses, ranging from 1 to 2 mg/kg. Four studies provided caffeine supplementation in absolute doses of 80, 150 or 200 mg. The meta-analysis found that caffeine ingestion increased vertical jump height (Cohen’s d: 0.21; 95% confidence interval: 0.10, 0.31; p < 0.001; +3.5%).Originality/valueThe present meta-analysis found that caffeine doses of ∼1 to 2 mg/kg enhance jumping height. The effects observed herein are similar to those with higher caffeine doses, which is relevant as low caffeine doses produce minimal side effects. For most individuals, a caffeine dose of ∼1 to 2 mg/kg is equivalent to an amount of caffeine in an energy drink, one to two cups of coffee, one to two pieces of caffeinated chewing gum or several cups of green tea.

Causal Association Between Tea Consumption and Kidney Function: A Mendelian Randomization Study.

BackgroundCausal research concerning the consumption of tea and the risk of chronic kidney disease (CKD) is limited. This study identified the potential causal effects of tea intake on CKD, the estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), and albuminuria.MethodsGenome-wide association studies (GWASs) from UK Biobank were able to identify single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with an extra cup of tea each day. The summary statistics for the kidney function from the CKDGen consortium include 11,765 participants (12,385 cases of CKD) and 54,116 participants for the urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio who were mostly of European descent. A two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis was performed to test the relationship between the selected SNPs and the risk of CKD.ResultsA total of 2,672 SNPs associated with tea consumption (p < 5 × 10–8) were found, 45 of which were independent and usable in CKDGen. Drinking more cups of tea per day indicates a protective effect for CKD G3-G5 [odds ratio (OR) = 0.803; p = 0.004] and increases eGFR (β = 0.019 log ml/min/1.73 m2 per cup per day; p = 2.21 × 10–5). Excluding two SNPs responsible for directional heterogeneity (Cochran Q p = 0.02), a high consumption of tea was also negatively correlated with a lower risk of albuminuria (OR = 0.758; p = 0.002).ConclusionFrom the perspective of genes, causal relationships exist between daily extra cup of tea and the reduced risk of CKD and albuminuria and increased eGFR.

Cup of Tea to Keep Warm

The way people source, prepare, and consume food is deeply interconnected with social practice. Drawing on theories of everyday life and social practice, we consider the everyday food-related practices and tactics for survival of six people experiencing homelessness. In doing so, we identify ways in which the realities of homelessness force people to conduct domestic activities in public view and discuss how the inability to engage in simple and taken-for-granted practices such as making a cup of tea is psychologically detrimental. This research documents the oft-overlooked ways that people experiencing homelessness demonstrate tenacity and resourcefulness and the agentive ways in which they respond to difficult circumstances. Our analysis broadens understanding of the disruptive mechanisms of homelessness as they pertain to food-related social practices. Additionally, we present new considerations of the ways in which people who previously experienced homelessness do their best to ‘mend’ disruptions through processes of ‘re-mooring’ and adopting tactics for survival.

The efficacy of a task model approach to ADL rehabilitation in stroke apraxia and action disorganisation syndrome: A randomised controlled trial.

BackgroundApraxia and action disorganization syndrome (AADS) after stroke can disrupt activities of daily living (ADL). Occupational therapy has been effective in improving ADL performance, however, inclusion of multiple tasks means it is unclear which therapy elements contribute to improvement. We evaluated the efficacy of a task model approach to ADL rehabilitation, comparing training in making a cup of tea with a stepping training control condition.MethodsOf the 29 stroke survivors with AADS who participated in this cross-over randomized controlled feasibility trial, 25 were included in analysis [44% females; mean(SD) age = 71.1(7.8) years; years post-stroke = 4.6(3.3)]. Participants attended five 1-hour weekly tea making training sessions in which progress was monitored and feedback given using a computer-based system which implemented a Markov Decision Process (MDP) task model. In a control condition, participants received five 1-hour weekly stepping sessions.ResultsCompared to stepping training, tea making training reduced errors across 4 different tea types. The time taken to make a cup of tea was reduced so the improvement in accuracy was not due to a speed-accuracy trade-off. No improvement linked to tea making training was evident in a complex tea preparation task (making two different cups of tea simultaneously), indicating a lack of generalisation in the training.ConclusionsThe clearly specified but flexible training protocol, together with information on the distribution of errors, provide pointers for further refinement of task model approaches to ADL rehabilitation. It is recommended that the approach be tested under errorless learning conditions with more impaired patients in future research.Trial registrationRetrospectively registered at ClinicalTrials.gov on 5th August 2019 [NCT04044911] https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04044911?term=Cogwatch&rank=1

Association of alcohol types, coffee and tea intake with mortality: prospective cohort study of UK Biobank participants.

The present study examines how alcohol intake from wine and non-wine alcoholic beverages (non-wine) in g/d, as well as cups of coffee and tea included as continuous covariates and mutually adjusted are associated with all-cause, cancer, non-cancer and CVD mortality. Consumption was assessed in 354386 participants of the UK Biobank cohort who drank alcohol at least occasionally and survived at least 2 years after baseline with 20201 deaths occurring over 4·2 million person-years. Hazard ratios (HR) for mortality were assessed with Cox proportional hazard regression models and beverage intake fitted as penalised cubic splines. A significant U-shaped association was detected between wine consumption and all-cause, non-cancer and CVD mortality. Wine consumption with lowest risk of death (nadir) ranged from 19 to 23 g alcohol/d in all participants and both sexes separately. In contrast, non-wine intake was significantly and positively associated in a dose-dependent manner with all mortality types studied except for CVD in females and with the nadir between 0 and 12 g alcohol/d. In all participants, the nadir for all-cause mortality was 2 cups coffee/d with non-coffee drinkers showing a slightly increased risk of death. Tea consumption was significantly and negatively associated with all mortality types in both sexes. Taken together, light to moderate consumption of wine but not non-wine is associated with decreased all-cause and non-cancer mortality. A minor negative association of coffee consumption with mortality cannot be excluded whereas tea intake is associated with a consistently decreased risk of all mortality types studied.

Imagined Histories

Imagined Histories

I Am Not All the Way Here

I Am Not All the Way Here

Shenlong Zhao

Graphical Abstract “A good day at work starts with stretching and a cup of tea … Chemistry/science is fun because it is full of infinite unknowns …” Find out more about Shenlong Zhao in his Introducing … Profile.