Green Tea to Lower Cholesterol? Not So Fast

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Wednesday, September 17, 2008
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Does Green Tea Lower Cholesterol? All right, this green tea article has been hanging over my head for at least a month now. I just couldn't get motivated to wade through all the research to determine if yes, this is an effective way to lower cholesterol and prevent heart disease, or no...

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Green Tea for Cholesterol
Robbia
Monday, September 22, 2008 at 03:22 PM

What about the use of green tea capsules? Any opinion?

re: Green Tea for Cholesterol
Lisa Nelson, RD, LN
Wednesday, September 24, 2008 at 02:22 PM

Hi Robbia,

The studies I reviewed all used green tea, not green tea capsules. I have not studied green tea capsules themselves, but anytime you take away the "food", you are taking away other components that play a role. How significant that role is for green tea versus capsules, I do not know. Great question and something to be looked into further.

All the best,

Lisa Nelson, RD, LN

The Heart of Health - Heart Health and Weight Loss Tips

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marilyn1600
Friday, September 26, 2008 at 05:34 PM
Amhappy to be on this channel and getting some great advice.

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Denise Dawson
Thursday, October 02, 2008 at 11:25 AM

ok is the answer yes or no does green tea lower your cholesterol because i drink green tea and i have high cholesterol so i would like to know.

re: green tea
Lisa Nelson, RD, LN
Thursday, October 02, 2008 at 11:58 AM

Hi Denise,

The answer is no. Current research does not support a link between green tea and lower cholesterol levels.

If you like green tea, continue to drink it. There may be other benefits that are currently not known.

Lisa Nelson, RD, LN

The Heart of Health - Heart Health and Weight Loss Tips

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DENISE
Thursday, October 02, 2008 at 12:11 PM

THANK YOU LISA FOR YOUR QUICK REPONSE TO MY QUESTION I THINK I AM GOING TO LOVE THIS SITE

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Family Guy
Monday, April 20, 2009 at 09:19 AM

I consume White Tea. My LDL levels are low. It's very beneficial and long term use is required to get the benefits. You should notice effects in lowering LDL in a few months of taking it every day.