Preventing Cardiovascular Disease

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Preventing Cardiovascular Disease

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Most of us know the lifestyle factors that contribute to

cardiovascular disease. Being overweight and sedentary,

particularly if you have a family history of heart disease, is

like buying a ticket to a heart attack.

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Preventing Cardiovascular Disease

Copyright © 2007 Marcus Stout

Golden Moon Tea

http://www.GoldenMoonTea.com

Most of us know the lifestyle factors that contribute to

cardiovascular disease. Being overweight and sedentary,

particularly if you have a family history of heart disease, is

like buying a ticket to a heart attack.

Diet and exercise are critical to keeping your heart healthy but

there may be another simple thing that you can add to your life

to help reduce your risk of cardiovascular disease. Try drinking

some green tea!

That's right – there's every reason to believe that green tea

may be very effective at preventing and even treating heart

disease. Green tea was first noticed for its potential health

benefits when researchers began studying Asian cultures and their

low incidence of diseases like heart disease, cancer, stroke and

diabetes. They began to look for a link between the green tea so

heavily consumed in these countries and this low incidence of

disease.

Research has shown green tea to be effective in many ways. For

instance, it can help lower LDL cholesterol (the bad

cholesterol). Plus, it seems to prevent the oxidation of this LDL

cholesterol. It is oxidation that causes the LDLs to harden and

turn into arterial plaque that clogs our arteries. Green tea has

also been shown to inhibit the formation of abnormal blood clots

(which are the leading cause of heart attacks and strokes).

The UK Tea Council reported on a study that highlighted many of

the healthful properties of green tea. In this study, over 1000

healthy men were observed. Their blood was collected for

evaluation and their food and drink habits were recorded. Of the

study group, 22% consumed tea on a regular basis, with 10%

drinking two or more cups per day.

The study found that the tea drinkers were less obese and tended

to drink less coffee and alcohol than the non tea drinkers. In

addition, their blood tests showed a significantly lower amount

of overall body inflammation, suggesting that tea acts as an

anti-inflammatory.

Both of these findings are significant in the battle against

heart disease. Obesity is a leading cause of heart disease, and

keeping your weight in check is one of the best things you can do

to keep your heart healthy. If tea contributes to maintaining a

healthy weight, this is great news, not only for those concerned

about heart disease, but for all the people who have struggled

with their weight for years.

In addition, the finding that tea reduced the amount of

inflammation in the body is important. One of the underlying

issues that plagues those with cardiovascular disease, and

contributes to its start is inflammation. If tea can reduce the

amount of inflammation in the body, this can also help prevent

heart disease.

Of course, more research is needed to truly understand exactly

how green tea affects inflammation in the body, but the

possibilities are promising. We do know that green tea is very

healthy and is full of anti-oxidants, which are known to protect

health.

Each day as our body converts the food we eat into energy, free

radicals are created as a by product of this process. These free

radicals damage our cells and DNA if they are not kept at bay.

Over time, this damage causes aging and disease. Anti-oxidants

have the power to combat these free radicals, preventing them

from damaging the body.

For this reason, a diet rich in anti-oxidants is critical to

health maintenance and disease prevention. Fruits and vegetables

contain anti-oxidants, as does coffee, red wine and dark

chocolate. So, it's extremely important that you fill your plate

each day with plenty of fruits and vegetables to help get your

daily dose of anti-oxidants. But, one of the most potent

anti-oxidant sources is green tea.

Tea comes from the Camellia sinensis plant and is grown primarily

in Asia and India. Tea leaves are processed differently

depending upon the type of tea being made. For black tea, the

leaves are fermented; for green and white tea the leaves are left

in their natural state.

It is for this reason that green tea (and likely white tea) have

proven to be so good for our bodies. The tea leaves left

unfermented contain more of the potent anti-oxidants. So, while

black tea is healthy and does contain anti-oxidants, green tea

gives you the most bang for your buck.

We still have much to learn about all the wonderful properties of

green tea, and how it can help us manage our health. However,

there is clear evidence that green tea has a powerful disease

preventing effect – likely even more so than fruits and

vegetables. But, even though we still need more research, we

certainly understand enough now to know that green tea is likely

something we all should be drinking.

Particularly if you have a family history of heart disease or

some other risk factors for cardiovascular problems, adding green

tea to your diet is a simple way to provide some protection. You

certainly have nothing to lose – and you may have a long healthy

life to gain.

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Marcus Stout is the President of the Golden Moon Tea

Company. Golden Moon Tea carefully selects the finest

rare and orthodox teas, which are processed slowly

and handcrafted with extreme care. At their website,

you can learn more about their current tea offerings,

including their exceptional green tea

(http://www.goldenmoontea.com/greentea), white tea,

black tea (http://www.goldenmoontea.com/blacktea),

oolong tea (also known as wu-long and wu long tea)

and chai. Visit http://www.goldenmoontea.com for

all details concerning the Golden Moon Tea Company's

fine line of teas.