date:May 17, 2012
Nine grams per day of the black tea infusate were associated with a 36% decrease in triglyceride levels and an improvement in the ratio of LDL to HDL cholesterol of about 17%, according to results of a clinical trial with 87 people.
Moderate intake of black tea improves the levels of independent risk factors of cardiovascular disease and antioxidant defenses in plasma, wrote the researchers in Preventive Medicine .
The effects seem to be ascribed primarily to the synergistic effects of the t