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My cholesterol is 246! I going stick to coffee and ZOCOR!
Auntie Lynn
Study says try hot cocoa, not tea, to help heart
By John Lauerman
Bloomberg News Service
"A hot mug of cocoa is better homemade medicine for blood pressure and heart disease than a spot of tea, according to an analysis of studies that was released today.
Cocoa, the bean that flavors chocolate, lowers pressure as much as some medications, while neither black nor green tea has much effect on the force of blood on vessel walls, said scientists led by Dirk Taubert, a pharmacologist at the University Hospital of Cologne in Germany.
Blood pressure is measured once when the heart is pumping and again when it relaxes between beats. Measured in milligrams of mercury, the pressure should register 140 during beats and 90 between.
By comparison, average blood pressure was no different among 171 people who drank tea during the studies than among 172 people who didn't drink the beverage. Tea contains a different class of phenols, called flavan-3-ols, than those in cocoa, which are called procyanids.
"Different plant phenols must be differentiated with respect to their blood pressure-lowering potential and thus cardiovascular disease prevention," the authors concluded."
By John Lauerman
Bloomberg News Service
"A hot mug of cocoa is better homemade medicine for blood pressure and heart disease than a spot of tea, according to an analysis of studies that was released today.
Cocoa, the bean that flavors chocolate, lowers pressure as much as some medications, while neither black nor green tea has much effect on the force of blood on vessel walls, said scientists led by Dirk Taubert, a pharmacologist at the University Hospital of Cologne in Germany.
Blood pressure is measured once when the heart is pumping and again when it relaxes between beats. Measured in milligrams of mercury, the pressure should register 140 during beats and 90 between.
By comparison, average blood pressure was no different among 171 people who drank tea during the studies than among 172 people who didn't drink the beverage. Tea contains a different class of phenols, called flavan-3-ols, than those in cocoa, which are called procyanids.
"Different plant phenols must be differentiated with respect to their blood pressure-lowering potential and thus cardiovascular disease prevention," the authors concluded."
My cholesterol is 246! I going stick to coffee and ZOCOR!
Auntie Lynn
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