Benefits of Green Tea – Lowers High Cholesterol Levels part I
Green tea has shown and proved to have many health benefits. There’s no doubt that one of the most important one is its ability to lower high cholesterol levels.
As you may know high cholesterol may form plagues in the walls of arteries – a condition known as atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis in its turn can cause coronary heart disease and other forms of cardiovascular disease.
As you see the ability of green tea to lower high cholesterol is very important. Green tea may prevent serious cardiovascular diseases, caused by longstanding high LDL cholesterol levels, such as:
- angina pectoris
- myocardial infarction (heart attack)
- transient ischemic attacks
- strokes
- peripheral artery disease
Green tea effectively lowers LDL cholesterol, triglycerides, lipid peroxides and fibrinogen. It also improves the HDL cholesterol levels (most often referred to as “good cholesterolâ€) and normalizes the LDL cholesterol levels (most often referred to as “bad cholesterolâ€, which is incorrect).
In my next post I will reveal to you why LDL cholesterol itself is not bad, but it is its concentration and size that are bad. Read more…