Tea May Help You br Live Longer, , Study Says.br A study published in the 'European Journal of Preventive Cardiology' found a link between drinking tea and living longer. .br Chinese researchers analyzedbr a group of over 100,000br healthy participants overbr a period of seven years.br Habitual tea drinkers were found to br have a 20 percent lower risk of suffering br from heart disease or stroke.br They were also observed to have a 22 percentbr lower risk of dying from heart disease and stroke. .br After an additional five years,br those who continued to drink teabr regularly had a 39 percent lowerbr risk of heart disease and stroke...br ... and a 56 percent lower risk ofbr dying from heart disease and stroke. .br Although 49 percent of the tea drinkersbr in the study preferred green tea, whichbr is believed to offer health benefits.br it is not definite that it is “responsible” for the study's results, according to Dr. Jenna Macchiochi of the University of Sussex.br This study strengthens the body of evidence that habitual tea drinking is associated with lower rates of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, though it cannot prove that it's definitely the tea that's responsible, Dr.