More Good News on the Benefits of Drinking Green Tea

We've heard of the benefits of green tea but what about the evidence.

a recent study (reported on the ScienceDaily site) has found green tea improves the risk factors involved in heart disease (2). Drinking green tea improves the way cells in the lining of the circulatory system work.

. It is known that black tea also impacts positively on endothelial function, but green tea is likely to have stronger antioxidants as it undergoes less oxidisation during processing.

antioxidants reverse the effect of oxidisation in the human body.

another study

showed that damage to the endothelial cells caused by smoking can be reversed by green tea. Overall tea drinking is linked to reduced cardiovascular problems and mortality rates.

Another study,

inhibiting bacteria

Drugs cannot be used to remove the bacteria because of serious side effects.

drinking green tea at the same time as taking the antibiotics improved the efficiency of the drugs