Blood Pressure & the Health Benefits of Green Tea

Many factors can cause arteries to narrow - plaque buildup, smoking, poor diet, lack of exercise, alcoholism, stress, certain diseases such as diabetes, or a "signal" from the body. This signal is the release of an enzyme called ACE. ACE starts a chain reaction that causes the tiny muscles surrounding the arteries to clamp down, making the arteries smaller and driving up blood pressure. Preventing this "clamping down" of the muscles and keeping the arteries from narrowing is an important step in preventing high blood pressure.

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Lower Blood Pressure - Reduce Heart Attack & Stroke Risk
Hundreds of studies show that green tea has many other impressive health benefits as well.  It decreases your risk of heart attacks and strokes by lowering levels of cholesterol and blood pressure, as well as by slowing the development or atherosclerosis ("hardening" of the arteries).

-Waking the Warrior Goddess, Kristine Horner, M.D.

Lowers Blood Pressure and Helps Prevent Hypertension
A study published in the July 2004 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine found that among persons consuming tea regularly for at least one year, the risk of developing high blood pressure was 46% lower among those who drank ½ cup to 2 ½ cups per day, and 65% less among those consuming more than 2 ½ cups per day.

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Researchers found that men and women who drank tea on a daily basis for at least a year were much less likely to develop hypertension than those who didn't, and the more tea they drank, the bigger the benefits.In the study, which appears in the July 26 issue of The Archives of Internal Medicine, researchers looked at the effect of tea drinking over the past decades on the risk of developing high blood pressure in 1,507 Chinese men and women living in Taiwan who had no previous history of high blood pressure.The study showed that about 40% of the participants were habitual tea drinkers and had been drinking at least a half-cup of tea per day for one or more years. More than 96% of tea drinkers drank green or oolong tea.Those who drank at least a half-cup of moderate strength green or oolong tea per day for a year had a 46% lower risk of developing hypertension than those who didn't drink tea. Among those who drank more than two and a half cups of tea per day, the risk of high blood pressure was reduced by 65%.

- WebMD Medical News, Jennifer Warner

People who drank tea regularly had lower blood pressure than those who did not
Blood pressure measurements were lower among the tea drinkers. The researchers calculated that the odds of developing hypertension were cut almost in half among those who drank one small cup a day, and by about two-thirds among those who drank 20 ounces or more daily. There was no difference between those who drank green and black tea.

-New York Times, July 27, 2004

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