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Why you need to take more tea

Benefits of taking tea daily (Photo: iStock)

Charles Mwangi, a casual worker in Nairobi's Industrial Area has not taken tea for three months. His love for beer interferes with tea intake, he says clarifying that "I can occasionally take uji or soup in the morning but not tea."

Little does Mwangi know that drinking up to 10 cups of tea has several health benefits ranging from controlling major risk factors for chronic diseases like heart coronary, heart disease, hypertension and some types of cancer.

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