I just got an email from a physician friend back east who sent me the link to this March 2016 paper.
The American Heart Association is a conservative organization so it’s especially important to have their support. In a nutshell, here’s what they found from over 6,000 subjects :
“Adults who drank one and two to three cups of tea daily had more favorable coronary calcium scores than those who never drank tea. They also noted a graded relationship between the amount of tea a person drank and a progressively lower incidence of major heart–related events starting with the one–cup–a–day tea drinkers, versus never tea drinkers.” They report that “coronary artery calcium progression (is), a marker for blood vessel disease, and heart attacks, angina, cardiac arrest, stroke and death from other types of heart disease.”
It certainly does my heart good to know that the established medical community is finally getting the word out. Tea is good for one’s health.
This is great news on multiple levels. I am very pleased to see tea drinking continuing to get the interest of researchers. I am also very happy to hear that the medical community is really taking drinking tea seriously as a meaningful way to help improve coronary health. I am especially thrilled to hear that my regular tea drinking habit is paying off in multiple dividends, with me now being able to add my heart health.
Thanks for bringing this to our attention Michelle.
How different and nice to read legitimate medical support rather than the ads for skinny bikini-clad models promoting ‘skinny tea’!
Ain’t that the truth!
Yeah. Thanks for posting this. This explains my great health
I truly believe it’s part of a healthy lifestyle. By reducing high sugar beverages in favor of tea, one takes a significant step toward providing ones body with healthy nutrients in liquid form.
On other news in the world of tea–apparently there really is a reason to not drink green tea when you are eating, especially iron-rich foods. The EGCG benefit is suppressed by the iron: http://bit.ly/1TzGFn4 It says it’s when and with what we drink the tea. It also lists a number of benefits.
Yes, I am very familiar with this issue and iron.