Effect of Green Tea Consumption on HDL-Cholesterol
Keywords:
Green tea, HDL level, Hyperlipidemic patientsAbstract
Objective: To evaluate the effect of green tea consumption on HDL-cholesterol level in hyperlipidemic patients
Materials and Methods: Forty hyperlipidemic patients were selected from Ghurki Trust Teaching Hospital Lahore and divided
in two groups with 20 patients in each group.Group-I was advised to take, six hourly 180 ml green tea prepared by conventional
method for two months. Group-II was labeled as control, not to take green tea for 2 months. Their HDL-cholesterol was measured
at day-0 and on day-60. HDL-cholesterol was measured by separating other lipoprotein fractions using chemical precipitation
with divalent ions such as Mg2+, then coupling the products of a cholesterol oxidase reaction to an indicator reaction.
Results: After two months, it was observed that green tea consumption raised HDL-cholesterol by 7.5 mg/dl, while control
group’s HDL-cholesterol was raised 0.8 mg/dl only in this period.
Conclusion: Consumption of green tea raised HDL-cholesterol significantly and can be considered as negative risk factor for
development of coronary artery disease.
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