Your heart-healthy routine may include regular exercise and a diet low in saturated fat, but do you drink tea? According to research, adding a cup of tea to your daily routine may be an effective method for decreasing the risk of heart disease. The organic tea from Teatulia® can give you both a tasty beverage and a dose of compounds that are believed to help keep you healthy.
High Cholesterol
Perhaps one of the biggest risk factors for heart disease, high cholesterol, often results from eating a diet high in unhealthy fats. Although the best way to decrease this risk factor involves removing saturated and trans fats from your diet, drinking tea may also be a worthwhile preventative measure.
How does tea lower cholesterol? Polyphenols, a type of antioxidant, are found in green tea and may block cholesterol absorption in the intestine. As a result, those who drink green tea on a daily basis may be more likely to have lower total levels of cholesterol.
Triglycerides
High triglyceride levels may also serve as an indicator that a patient is at risk of heart disease. In addition to lowering cholesterol, tea may also be able to keep triglyceride levels manageable. The University of Maryland Medical Center1 suggests that, due to lowered triglycerides following tea consumption, the risk of heart attack is 11 percent lower in regular tea drinkers.
Weight Loss
Patients with heart disease are often severely overweight or obese. Losing weight and lowering your BMI (body mass index) can help you avoid the devastating effects of heart disease. Green tea is believed to aid in the weight loss process by boosting the metabolism and reducing appetite. Of course, tea won’t cause one to lose weight all on its own; it must be combined with a healthy diet and regular exercise.
Heart disease is one of the biggest killers in the modern industrialized world. Drinking tea may be an effective method of curbing the risk for this devastating illness, which is why it may be worth it to include this delicious beverage in your diet. Choose one or more organic teas from Teatulia, and drink well.
1University of Maryland Medical Center, “Green Tea.” 2011. http://www.umm.edu/altmed/articles/green-tea-000255.htm
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