A spoonful of sugar in your tea is totally useless, even for sugar lovers

While some national stereotypes are a little tired, that of the "British love tea" is rather fashionable.

In 2017, a tea color chart asking people what perfect shade was causing widespread controversy online. That's how much tea means to us.

It is therefore with some trepidation that we tell tea drinkers who take sugar in their cup of tea that sugar is a totally useless addition to their drink.

But before you spit your tea outrageously outrageous, it should be noted that this was based on a study using men who have always had sugar in their tea.

Over the course of a month, researchers at Leeds University and University College London monitored 64 sugar buffs.

One group was completely "cold" while another group regularly reduced the amount of tea that he had in his tea until he completely abandoned it. .

There was also a control group that continued to drink sugar in their tea as usual.

Among the group that has reduced its consumption gradually, 46% have managed to stay out of sugar.

The cold turkey group did not experience the same success, just over a third of them managing to stop the sugar for good.

Interestingly, six percent of the control group members also gave up sugar after the experiment, even though they were not expected to pbad it.

"Sugar abuse is a public health problem and sugar in drinks contributes substantially to the total intake," the researchers said.

"Reducing sugar consumption in drinks can therefore help reduce overall consumption."

The researchers added that a larger scale study would be needed to consolidate the results.