Wednesday, February 6, 2008

Drink Mate Tea to Lower Cholesteral

If you're worried about your cholesterol and want to stay away from any pharmaceutical remedies, you may want to start drinking a favorite South American beverage--mate (mah-ta') tea.
Researchers at the University of Illinois found that drinking mate tea significantly boosts the activity of an enzyme that promotes HDL (good) cholesterol, while lowering LDL (bad) cholesterol.

The recent study found that this herbal tea induces some of the important antioxidant enzymes in the body.

To duplicate the study results, you will need to use four to five tea bags. Mate tea has a strong, grassy flavor so it may take some time to acquire a taste for it.

Source: ScienceDaily.com

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2 comments:

Cat said...

My husband has been drinking Mate since we returned from Argentina, I can't get the hang of the flavor, but I don't do much coffee either (Thanksgiving through January) so it's no loss to me. He really likes it though, so we have it around in a variety of mixes/flavors.

Deanne said...

I hear you, Cat. I wish I liked the taste of mate, but I prefer black or green tea so much more. Of course, if I had a cholesterol problem, I'd probably try a little harder to acquire a taste for it. - Deanne