People
consuming four cups of tea or coffee a day have lower blood pressure as
compared to those who don’t, a new study has revealed. However, this recent
study contradicts previous findings that has linked caffeine intake to high BP
or hypertension.
The
French research, conducted over a decade, discovered that heavy tea drinkers
had lower BP, pulse pressure and heart rate than lighter drinkers.
Scientists
also proved in the study that heavy coffee drinkers had slightly higher BP than
normal but non-drinkers had the highest readings.
Bruno
Pannier, the report author from the Preventive and Clinical Investigations
Centre in Paris, said that it was possible that the flavonoids in tea had a
relaxing effect on blood vessels.
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