Even more evidences for the beneficial effects of green tea on risk factors for heart disease, now there is a new study published in one of the latest issues of European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation.
This study revealed that consumption of green tea rapidly improves the function of cells lining the circulatory system, endothelial dysfunction represents a key event in the progression of atherosclerosis, for example.
The study was conducted by Dr Nikolaos Alexopoulos and his colleagues at the Department of Cardiology in the Faculty of Medicine of Athens (Greece), who conducted a randomized trial involving the diameter measurement (dilatation) of the brachial artery of healthy volunteers on three occasions different after drinking green tea, caffeine and hot water with another group as the placebo effect, the measurements were taken at 30, 90 and 120 minutes after consumption.
Results showed that endothelium-dependent dilation of the brachial artery increased significantly after drinking green tea, with a peak increase of 3.9 per cent 30 minutes after consumption, as unlike the effect of caffeine consumption ( or hot water) was not significant.
Today, we can know that Green tea helps prevent heart disease and stroke also by reducing the level of cholesterol. Even after a heart attack, it prevents cell death and accelerates the recovery of heart cells.
This way, we can prevent many heart diseases by a moderate consumption of green tea or white tea in our diet..
