Drinking Black Tea - Three Big Health Benefits
As you grow older, you must maintain a focus on keeping your body healthy. Doing this can be as simple as introducing black tea to your daily diet.
Many of us start developing health problems after age 40; while this is not uncommon, you can minimize the risks. For instance, something as simple as drinking black tea can help you with various health issues. There are three health benefits of drinking black tea so that you can discover what makes this drink so popular.
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Improves Heart Health
One of the key components to living a healthy life is maintaining a healthy heart. Heart disease is a common illness that can strike in several ways. Studies suggest that regularly drinking black tea throughout the day may benefit overall heart health since black tea contains compounds called antioxidants.
Black tea and its antioxidants can improve heart health, including bad cholesterol levels.
Decreases LDL Cholesterol
On a more micro level, the benefits of black tea to the human heart is thanks in no small part to its ability to lower LDL (low-density lipoprotein) cholesterol levels. High LDL levels can pose a threat to the human body’s overall heart health, which is why the phrase “LDL cholesterol” is so synonymous with the phrase “bad cholesterol.” Studies suggest that black tea may effectively lower those unhealthy LDL levels due to the aforementioned antioxidants—specifically, antioxidants by the name of catechins, thearubigins, and theaflavins.
Lowers Blood Pressure
Maintaining good blood pressure will help you maintain overall good heart health. Besides lowering LDL cholesterol, studies suggest that black tea may lower blood pressure levels, too—both diastolic and systolic blood pressure. Diastolic blood pressure is the body’s blood pressure in between heartbeats, and systolic pressure is the blood pressure during the heart muscle contraction.
High blood pressure can hinder overall heart health, but it can negatively affect various other parts of the body as well. However, drinking cups of black tea regularly can potentially lower unhealthy blood pressure levels, minimizing the health risks that come along with them.
If you want to take advantage of these three health benefits of drinking black tea, make sure you’re using loose-leaf black tea instead of teabags.
Despite these health benefits, black tea can mix poorly with certain health conditions and medications, so be sure to establish whether or not drinking it is the improvement you should make to your diet. Teabags may hinder the quality and healthiness of the tea. Furthermore, consult your doctor before introducing black tea into your diet.
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