Green Tea may Reduce Cholesterol
January 24th, 2012
Green tea, taken in capsule or a tea, a few points could reduce levels of LDL “bad” according to a U.S. study involving more than milpersonas.
The findings, published in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, showed that green tea trimmed 5 or 6 points total cholesterol and LDL “bad” cholesterol compared to people taking placebo capsules or other treatments.
The trials tested both green tea itself or capsules containing a green tea compounds called catechins, which are believed to reduce cholesterol absorption in the intestine.
Green tea infusion was more effective than capsules, although the benefits were generally quite small, said lead researcher Olivia Phung, assistant professor of pharmacy at Western University of Health Sciences in Pomona, California.
“If someone is already taking cholesterol medication, must adhere to them and not try to replace them with green tea, either in capsules or drink,” he told Reuters Health in an email.
But adding green tea to your diet might be a way to further improve cholesterol data, he said.
The researchers, however, found no solid evidence that green tea reinforce the “good” cholesterol HDL, triglycerides or reduced, or another type of fat in the blood.
Phung’s team pooled the results of 20 clinical trials involving a total of 1,415 adults.
Participants were randomly assigned to drink green tea every day, drunk or in capsules, or to join a group of “control” who took placebo capsules, drank tea catechin or under water.





