Members

The Tea Advisory Panel is a novel health group, bringing together experts in the areas of public health, general practice, nutrition and diet. Its objective is to provide informed ‘advice’ about the essential health, hydration and dietary role that black tea can provide in our daily diets. It also as a group will be commissioning a series of study reviews and market research initiatives investigating further the ‘natural’ well-being benefits associated with black tea.

Our objectives are:

- To be an independent and impartial source of information, focusing on the health and nutrition benefits associated with black tea
- To explain the latest science findings in relation to black tea
- To put into place and review new research investigating people’s general nutrition and lifestyle habits, plus the associated health outcomes of black tea consumption
- To de-mystify health issues surrounding black tea

The Tea Advisory Panel:

The Tea Advisory Panel is supported by an unrestricted educational grant from the UK Tea Council, the trade association for the UK tea industry.

TAP members include nutritionists, dieticians and doctors.

Panel members:

Professor Jeya Henry

Professor Jeya Henry BSc, MSc, PhD is Head of Nutrition and Food Science at Oxford Brookes University. He has followed a distinguished career since graduating from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, with roles at the UK Food Standards Agency, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Asian Development Bank, Unicef and World Health Organisation, among others. Read more

Dr Ann Walker

Dr Ann Walker PhD, MNIMH, MCPP, is a herbal practitioner and a vastly experienced and widely published nutritionist. She was a Senior Lecturer in Human Nutrition at The University of Reading for 35 years and holds honorary posts as Director of Continuing Professional Development for the College of Practitioners of Phytotherapy and Course Director of the Discovering Herbal Medicine study course. She now concentrates on patient care, running a clinic in Reading treating over 400 patients. Read more

Lynne Garton

Lynne Garton BSc (Hons), RD is a qualified nutritionist and dietician with over 19 years experience in food, diet and health. She has a first class degree in Nutrition and a Postgraduate Diploma in Dietetics from King’s College, London and has worked within the NHS and in industry. She now runs her own nutrition practice, providing consultancy to various organisations and associations and to the media, and running programmes for corporate clients. Read more

Dr Catherine Hood

Dr Catherine Hood is a health broadcaster and writer. She presented Channel Five’s prime time series A Girl's Guide to 21st Century Sex and regularly appears on The Wright Stuff discussing all aspects of general medicine. Read more

Dr Carrie Ruxton

Dr Carrie Ruxton BSc, PhD is an established independent nutritionist who is widely published. After a spell at The Sugar Bureau, she worked as Chief Executive at The Nutrition Society and then as Senior Lecturer at the University of Westminster as course leader for BSc Human Nutrition. Read more

Dr Chris Steele

Dr Chris Steele, MB ChB has featured on ITV's 'This Morning' show, 'The Afternoon Show' for Granada TV, ITV's 'Tonight with Trevor McDonald' and on ITV's 'Celebrity Fit Club'. He has written books on medical issues and smoking, including 'Quitting Smoking' and 'Babies and Young Children'. Read more

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