Drinking Green tea, Black tea or Oolong tea have been shown to have varying effects on your cholesterol levels. Studies have shown that people who drank 5 servings of black tea for 3 weeks reduced their cholesterol levels by 4% and their low-density lipoprotein (the bad cholesterol) levels by almost 7.5%.
The reduction of harmful cholesterol helps in lowering heart diseases. And the good news is consumption of tea didn't effect the levels of the high-density lipoprotein, or good cholesterol.
According to a 2011 American research the antioxidants called catechins found in tea may limit the formation of new fat and the absorption of cholesterol in the intestines. Drinking tea helps increase receptor activity on the surface of liver cells that binds the cholesterol and removes it from circulation. This can cause an increase in cholesterol excretion which leads to low cholesterol levels.
Oolong teas help decreasing triglyceride levels, while green tea help in decreasing total cholesterol levels and the other types of teas reduced both types of cholesterol.
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