Health Benefits of Tea — Learn About the Effects of Tea on Health, Including Its Role in the Prevention of Many Diseases

This continuing education course examines relevant research investigations, epidemiologic studies, and meta-analyses of tea’s effects on health, including its role in the prevention of many diseases.

Course content appeared as the CPE Monthly in the May 2017 edition of Today’s Dietitian. 

Learning Objectives

After completing this continuing education course, nutrition professionals should be better able to:

  1. Evaluate the health benefits of tea drinking and the role of food processing in tea nutrition.
  2. Assess the protective associations of tea drinking with selected risk factors for cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer, and neurodegenerative diseases.
  3. Distinguish the biological mechanisms underlying the health benefits of tea drinking.
  4. Analyze the health implications of consuming tea flavonoids in the form of a beverage vs supplementation.

Additional Information

Suggested CDR Learning Codes: 
2010, 5160, 5190
Suggested CDR Performance Indicators: 
8.3.6
CDR Activity Type: 
720
CPE Level: 
2
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 2.00 CDR
Course opens: 
05/11/2017
Course expires: 
05/10/2020
CE Club cost:
$12.00
CE Club cost:
$0.00
Cost:
$24.00
Rating: 
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Arpita Basu, PhD, RD, is an associate professor in the department of nutritional sciences at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater.

The author has no relevent disclosures to report regarding this program. She has certified that no conflicts of interest exists for this program. View our disclosure policy.

Available Credit

  • 2.00 CDR

Price

CE Club cost:
$12.00
CE Club cost:
$0.00
Cost:
$24.00
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