Moderate Tea Drinking May Help Reduce Cardiac Risk

Noel7 · ‎03-09-2010

A report from Medscape.Com

"Moderate tea drinking can help to slow progression of coronary artery calcium and reduce the risk of cardiovascular events..."

"We found that being a regular tea drinker was associated with a lower prevalence and progression of coronary artery calcium and a lower incidence of cardiovascular events," first author Dr P Elliott Miller (National Institutes of Health) told heartwire from Medscape."

"Our study supports regular tea consumption as part of a heart-healthy diet as recommended by the American Heart Association."

The results were published online September 15, 2016 in the American Journal of Medicine.

Note: The same was not true for coffee, coffee was found to be a neutral.

Mz iMac · ‎07-26-2014

I am a regular hot & ice tea drinker. I make my ice tea w/tea bags. Never that powder stuff.

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ChynnaBlue · ‎05-22-2012

Did they define moderate tea drinking? Because without that, this is kind of meaningless.

I drink a lot of tea, iced and hot, and have added more herbal (no tea leaves) infusions into the mix because too much tea gave one guy liver disease. He drank a gallon of iced black tea every day. In the Texas summers, I was getting up there some days, so that's when I switched to added more herbal tea.

http://wgntv.com/2015/04/02/too-much-iced-tea-caused-arkansas-mans-kidney-problems/

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Noel7 · ‎03-09-2010

@Mz iMac wrote:
I am a regular hot & ice tea drinker. I make my ice tea w/tea bags. Never that powder stuff.

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Hi @Mz iMac

I am, too. I drink tea several times a day, usually a black tea in the morning and green tea at night.

Noel7 · ‎03-09-2010

@ChynnaBlue wrote:
Did they define moderate tea drinking? Because without that, this is kind of meaningless.

I drink a lot of tea, iced and hot, and have added more herbal (no tea leaves) infusions into the mix because too much tea gave one guy liver disease. He drank a gallon of iced black tea every day. In the Texas summers, I was getting up there some days, so that's when I switched to added more herbal tea.

http://wgntv.com/2015/04/02/too-much-iced-tea-caused-arkansas-mans-kidney-problems/

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Obviously it's not meaningless because the source is given and since the American Heart Association says the same thing, it's easy for anyone to look into for details.

I looked into more of the report for you:

"In adjusted multivariable models, participants who drank one or more cups of tea a day had a lower prevalence of coronary artery calcium scores of 100 or higher compared with people who drank no tea (relative risk 0.64). People who drank one or more cups of tea a day also had reduced progression of coronary artery calcium (RR 0.73)."

Mz iMac · ‎07-26-2014

@ChynnaBlue

"too much tea gave one guy liver disease."

"I switched to added more herbal tea."

Your comments made me do some Google research. Lead me to the following links:

Too Much Green Tea Could Lead to Liver Damage?

Five surprising herbs that can damage your liver

I only drink lemon tea. Sometimes I add cream or milk to it = Pearl Tea.

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Mj12 · ‎03-09-2010

Hi @Noel7 ! Good news for us! I love tea (English Breakfast).

Noel7 · ‎03-09-2010

@ChynnaBlue

Your link refers to a man who routinely drank a gallon of tea a day.

I wouldn't call that moderate, even without a study reference.

feline groovy · ‎07-29-2014

Thanks for sharing, Noel.

Tea - especially green - is high in antioxidants, which are healthy and helpful.

I have HBP and hypercalcemia, so this is good news.

Thankfully, I've been a tea drinker and lover since I was a kid.

Don't like the taste of coffee (I know, whaaat?! LOL) but I enjoy the smell when it's brewing.

ETA:

I drink black, green, white, & herbal, but have to watch my caffeine intake.

So I usually have caffeinated in the AM, decaf in the afternoon, and herbal at night.

@Noel7, we share 'fun and exciting' kidney stone (mine, bilateral) and autoimmune (mine Fibro.) history. ;-)

Noel7 · ‎03-09-2010

It's a good idea for all of us to do more research in order to make an informed decision for ourselves.

I had two large kidney stones more than ten years ago and two lithotripsies. I didn't drink tea then, but I do now, no signs of any developing now.

I have lupus which can directly lead to heart attacks by depositing plaque into the heart. I've had two heart attacks in seven years which, I am told, beat the odds of it happening more frequently.