Drinking tea could keep your arteries healthy

Human population studies have found that people who regularly consume three or more cups of black tea per day have a reduced risk of heart disease and stroke.

Clinical studies suggest that the risk reduction associated with tea consumption may be due to improvement in some risk factors for cardiovascular disease, including blood vessel function, platelet function and a reduction in oxidative damage.

Drinking black tea helps prevent deadly clogging of arteries and reverses poor arterial functioning that can trigger heart attacks and strokes, major new studies have found.

Tea catechins were reported to reduce arteriosclerosis (a major factor in ischemic cerebrovascular disease) by mitigating reactive oxygen species induced oxidation of low-density lipoprotein which is directly related to its free oxygen radical scavenging ability (Kakuda, Biol Pharm Bull. 2002 Dec;25(12):1513-8).

In a large 10-year study in the Netherlands, men who consumed the amount of antioxidants called "catechins" found in three cups of black tea were 50% less likely to die of ischemic heart disease, caused by narrowed clogged arteries, than were men who consumed only the catechins in half a cup of tea.

In another recent test, Joseph Vita, M.D., of the Boston University School of Medicine, had heart patients drink either plain water or four cups of black tea daily. In a month, impaired blood vessel functioning (a risk factor for heart attack and strokes) improved about 50% in the tea drinkers.

Anthocyanidins help to strengthen capillaries and joints, enhance vision and prevent atherosclerosis, cancer and arterial hypertension. Phenolic acid attributes astringent, cholagogic and anti-inflammatory properties to tea.
Drinking tea could keep your arteries healthy

Protective Effects of Tea on Cardiovascular Disorders

Tea beverages derived from infusions of Camellia sinensis are consumed daily by millions of people globally. 

Nowadays green and black teas are beverages prepared by infusing the dried leaves of Camellia sinensis in hot water to achieve a desirable taste profile.

The physiological effects of the prevention and tea products on the cardiovascular system and their potential uses for the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disorder have drawn a great deal of interest. 

Cardiovascular disease is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in all regions of the world. The disease takes the lives of almost one million Americans each year, more than any other disease.

In traditional Chinese medicine, tea, especially green tea, can be used as a major component in a composed prescription for treatment of hypertension or coronary heart diseases.

Epidemiological experimental investigations on the effects of tea on cardiovascular disorders have been concentrated mainly on the effects on blood pressure, on blood lipids and on atherosclerosis. Many studies clearly indicated a decrease risk of cardiovascular disease with higher tea consumption.

Tea polyphenols, known as catechins, usually account for 30-42% of the dry weight of the solids in brewed green tea. Catechins can increase the antioxidants capacity to human plasma, which could help reduce cardiovascular disease.

According to the scientists from the University of Oslo, approximately 20,000 middle-aged Norwegian men and women, cholesterol levels decrease as black tea consumption increases.

Men drinking five or more cups of tea daily had total cholesterol level 9.3 mgs per deciliter lower than those drinking one cup or less daily, and women had levels 5.8 mgs per deciliter lower.
Tea consumption and effects on cardiovascular disease

Effects of Tea on Cardiovascular Disorders

Effects of Tea on Cardiovascular Disorders
The physiological effects of the prevention and tea products on the cardiovascular system and their potential uses doe the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disorder have drawn a great deal of interest.

In traditional Chinese medicine, tea, especially green tea, can be used as a major component in a composed prescription for treatment of hypertension or coronary heart diseases.

Epidemiological experimental investigations on the effects of tea on cardiovascular disorders have been concentrated mainly on the effects on blood pressure, on blood lipids and on atherosclerosis.
Effects of Tea on Cardiovascular Disorders

Drinking Tea to Stay Young

Drinking Tea to Stay Young
Second only to water, tea is the most consumed beverage in the world. Our ancestor must had some clue about tea’s benefits; archeology evidence credits the first use of tea more than 500,000 years ago, even though science has only started empirically proving tea’s numerous benefits in the past 20 years.

The three main types of tea (black tea, green, tea, and oolong) all come from the same plant. The differences in color and taste result from the degree of fermentation the tea leaves undergo after harvesting. The fermentation, in turn determines the type and amounts of flavonoids that are present in the final products. Tea is thought to be beneficial because the flavonoids in it have been shown to have powerful antioxidant properties.

By drinking tea, you stay younger and healthier. They combat the free radicals, or toxins that can alter the chemical structure of your cells, which affects your DNA. Without tea, your DNA starts to age, which means you do too.

As if keeping your cells younger weren’t enough, there is a report on tea consumption and cardiovascular disease that for every three cups of tea a person consumed in a day, there was a 26 to 66 percent in reduction in the risk for stroke. Another study in 2003 revealed that when combined with the diet low is saturated fat, taking a supplement of bioflavonoid-enriched green tea extract served to further lower “bad” cholesterol levels. Unlike other prescription drugs, which can have some unpleasant side effects, the green tea supplement was well tolerated. Catechins, one of the many flavonoids found in green tea, may help to prevent plague buildup in the hearty. A cup a day is cheaper than an angioplasty.
Drinking Tea to Stay Young