Drinking just two cups of tea per day could cut the risk of developing skin cancer, a study suggests.
The US research compared the tea-drinking habits of 1,400 people with skin cancer and 700 who had not developed the disease.
The study asked the people with cancer, plus the healthy group - all aged between 25 and 74 - about diet, lifestyle and their consumption of both green and black teas.
Both kinds of tea are rich in antioxidants which animal studies have been shown prevent the development of cancer cells.
This research found that people who drank tea regularly had a lower risk of either cancer.
Adding lemon peel to the tea, seemed to increase the benefits of the drink, the researchers said.



