The benefits of green tea in reducing an important risk factor for heart disease

kavin submitted, created time 6 months 4 days (esciencenews.com)

More evidence for the beneficial effect of green tea on risk factors for heart disease has emerged in a new study reported in the latest issue of European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation.1 The study found that the consumption of green tea rapidly improves the function of (endothelial) cells lining the circulatory system; endothelial dysfunction is a key event in the progression of atherosclerosis

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High consumption of coffee or tea every day appears to protect male smokers against at least one type of stroke

kavin submitted, created time 6 months 6 days (www.medscape.com)

This large, prospective, observational study showed that Finnish smokers who consumed eight or more cups of coffee per day had a 23% lowered risk for cerebral infarction, whereas those who drank two or more cups of black tea daily had a 21% lowered risk for this type of stroke vs those who drank little or none of these beverages. The associations were independent of risk factors such as a history of coronary heart disease.

Their report is published in the June 2008 issue of Stroke

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Sipping tea may lower your skin cancer risk

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"People who unwind with a cup of tea every night may have a lower risk of two common forms of skin cancer, new research suggests."

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Tea of tranquility?

Darkfrog submitted, created time 1 year 11 months (www.nytimes.com)

This writeup in the New York Times Health section suggests that there may be some veracity to the traditional idea that drinking tea has a calming, stress-relieving effect. The study leads me to believe, however, that most of tea's tranquilizing powers probably come from the customs with which we've surrounded it: the process of making tea, the familiarity and memory of it, and the sociability of drinking it in company.(http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/23/health/23real.html?ref=health)

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