Keeping Your Heart Healthy with Green Tea Leaf

Here are the results of some recent studies - Vitabase Health

There are many claims that green tea is beneficial in keeping the heart healthy; but what evidence is there to back up those claims? Here are the results of some recent studies

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A joint US/China study published in 2003 in the Archives of Internal Medicine showed that, after 12 weeks of taking green tea extract, the total cholesterol of study participants fell by more than 10%

Research currently being conducted at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center shows that green tea prevents the formation of new plaque in arteries.

Keeping arteries free of plaque is essential for the avoidance of heart attack and stroke. This beneficial effect is thought to be due to the antioxidants in green tea preventing “bad” cholesterol

Researchers at the Institute of Child Health in the UK have found evidence that the antioxidant in green tea (EGCG) is able to reduce the level of cell death that occurs following a heart attack

Heart disease is currently the number one killer of US citizens. The introduction of green tea extract into the daily diet may well help to change that statistic.

Tea is high in polyphenols, which are natural substances with health advantages such as inflammation reduction and cancer prevention.

Epigallocatechin-3-gallate is a catechin found in green tea (EGCG). Catechins are natural antioxidants that aid in the prevention of cell damage as well as providing other advantages.

Given that green tea can temporarily increase metabolic rate, it makes plausible that it could aid weight loss. Green tea has been shown in several trials to aid in the reduction of body fat

EGCG is one of the powerful compounds in green tea. Research has tested its ability to treat various diseases. It appears to be one of the main compounds that give green tea its medicinal properties

Green tea also contains trace minerals that are beneficial to your health. Choose a higher-quality green tea because certain lower-quality products may contain too much fluoride.

Green tea is high in polyphenol antioxidants, such as EGCG (epigallocatechin gallate). These antioxidants may provide a variety of health benefits.

Green tea has a lower caffeine content than coffee, yet it still has enough to have an effect. It also contains the amino acid L-theanine, which can increase brain function when combined with caffeine

Green tea may boost metabolic rate and increase fat burning in the short term, although not all studies agree.

Green tea's bioactive compounds may have a variety of brain-protective properties. They may lower the risk of dementia, a prevalent neurological disease that affects the elderly.