Oolong Chinese tea reduces your risk of heart disease

Oolong Chinese tea has a reputation of promoting good health, and rightly so.

Scientific studies have shown that oolong tea can reduce your risk of heart disease. The top cause of heart disease is a high cholesterol level. Polyphenols in oolong tea keeps cholesterol from coagulating in your bloodstream or forming clots in your arteries. Thus, you are less likely to suffer fatal heart attacks. (Read Study #1)

Oolong tea also helps prevent diabetes, the third killer of humans in the world today. Clinical trials done by Japanese M.D. Ogawa Kishichiro revealed that drinking oolong Chinese tea regularly can bring high glucose levels back to normal. The tea is rich in Vitamin B1, pantothenic acid, and other polyphenols known to be excellent diabetes suppressors. (Read Study #2)

Oolong tea helps prevent tooth decay. Modern research finds that oolong tea polyphenols tea may inhibit the ability of bacteria to stick to your tooth surfaces. It can also stunt the activity of mutans streptococci, which are bacteria that cause cavities (Read Study #3). “Rinsing your mouth with strong tea strengthens good teeth and cures bad teeth,” says one ancient Chinese medical book.

Oolong Chinese tea prevents tooth decay

Oolong tea reduces high blood pressure. In a study conducted in Taiwan in 2004, M.D. Yi-Ching Yang and his colleagues found that regular consumption of oolong tea, about 120 ml per day for a year, significantly reduced the risk of developing hypertension. His study is published in the Archives of Internal Medicine (Read Study #5).

A cup of Oolong Chinese tea can do you so much good. So drink up！

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