(NaturalNews) You may have already heard that green tea is good for your heart, but did you know that it also lowers your cholesterol levels and decreases your risk of disability as you age?
The cholesterol finding comes from an analysis of 14 randomized controlled trials involving a total of 1,136 participants and was published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition in 2011. The review was conducted by researchers from the Key Laboratory for Clinical Cardiovascular Genetics, the Sino-German Laboratory for Molecular Medicine, the Cardiovascular Institute, FuWai Hospital and Peking Union Medical College.
In all 14 studies, participants were divided into a placebo group and a group that drank either green tea or a green tea extract for between three weeks and three months. Overall, the researchers found that higher levels of green tea (or extract) consumption were associated with significantly lower levels of total cholesterol and LDL ("bad") cholesterol. No change was seen in the levels of HDL ("good") cholesterol.
Green tea is high in antioxidants, which protect cells from the damage and inflammation that lead to many chronic diseases, including heart disease. One of the antioxidant families found in green tea, known as the catechins, appears to decrease the gut's absorption of cholesterol.
These findings are particularly significant because although green tea consumption has strongly been linked to lower rates of heart disease, the mechanisms by which this protection functions have been unclear.
Because the observed cholesterol decrease in the studies was small, heart disease prevention specialist Nathan Wong of the University of California, Irvine cautioned against relying solely on green tea if you have dangerously high cholesterol. But green tea "could be a useful component of a heart-healthy diet," he said.
Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/039577_green_tea_cholesterol_clinical_trials.html#ixzz3rdgjeV5R
(NaturalNews) You may have already heard that green tea is good for your heart, but did you know that it also lowers your cholesterol levels and decreases your risk of disability as you age?The cholesterol finding comes from an analysis of 14 randomized controlled trials involving a total of 1,136 participants and was published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition in 2011. The review was conducted by researchers from the Key Laboratory for Clinical Cardiovascular Genetics, the Sino-German Laboratory for Molecular Medicine, the Cardiovascular Institute, FuWai Hospital and Peking Union Medical College.In all 14 studies, participants were divided into a placebo group and a group that drank either green tea or a green tea extract for between three weeks and three months. Overall, the researchers found that higher levels of green tea (or extract) consumption were associated with significantly lower levels of total cholesterol and LDL ("bad") cholesterol. No change was seen in the levels of HDL ("good") cholesterol.Green tea is high in antioxidants, which protect cells from the damage and inflammation that lead to many chronic diseases, including heart disease. One of the antioxidant families found in green tea, known as the catechins, appears to decrease the gut's absorption of cholesterol.These findings are particularly significant because although green tea consumption has strongly been linked to lower rates of heart disease, the mechanisms by which this protection functions have been unclear.Because the observed cholesterol decrease in the studies was small, heart disease prevention specialist Nathan Wong of the University of California, Irvine cautioned against relying solely on green tea if you have dangerously high cholesterol. But green tea "could be a useful component of a heart-healthy diet," he said.Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/039577_green_tea_cholesterol_clinical_trials.html#ixzz3rdgjeV5R
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