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| Green Tea at three different stages |
Drinking green tea appears to cut “bad” cholesterol while leaving levels of good cholesterol unchanged and encouraging people to drink more of the beverage could have significant health effects, a study has shown.
The finding may explain why green tea has been linked to a lower risk of heart disease, write Xin-Xin Zheng and colleagues from Peking Union Medical College in Beijing.
While levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol dipped, there was no change in high-density lipoprotein (HDL), or “good” cholesterol.
“The analysis showed that the administration of green tea beverages or extracts resulted in significant reductions in serum total cholesterol and LDL-cholesterol concentrations, but no effect on HDL cholesterol was observed,” they said.
The research team pooled the results of 14 randomised trials in which people drank green tea or took an extract for periods ranging from three weeks to three months, or were assigned to a placebo group.
On average, green tea reduced total cholesterol by 7.2mg/dL (milligrams per deciliter) compared to levels seen in those taking the placebo. Low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol fell by a mean of 2.2mg/dL, or slightly less than two percent.
Green tea has been linked to a lower risk of developing certain cancers as well as reducing the risk of dying from pneumonia. – Reuters
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