It is said that green tea extract reduces the levels of LDL or 'bad' blood cholesterol, thereby reducing the risk of coronary heart disease. European studies have found that regular consumption of tea protects against heart disease, with one study documenting that the risk was 36 per cent lower for tea drinkers. It is believed that the polyphenols in tea help prevent arthrosclerosis.
 

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Preliminary research also indicates that tea polyphenols may reduce the activity of platelets, which are the clotting agents of the blood. This is good, because 'sticky' blood is more likely to form artery-blocking clots.

Green tea extract has demonstrated an ability to lower total cholesterol and raise HDL ("good") cholesterol in both animals and people. One population-based study found that men who drink green tea are more likely to have lower total cholesterol than those who do not drink green tea. Results from one animal study suggest that polyphenols in green tea may block the intestinal absorption of cholesterol and promote its excretion from the body.

Green tea extract might also be beneficial in improving cardiovascular circulation by reducing LDL or “bad cholesterol,” suppressing appetite and improving oxidation of fat. These claims are not widely accepted by the scientific community, however, because they are based on animal models and only a few human studies.

As the tea polyphenols natural antioxidant food preservative, which typically sell at 1.0015 billionyuan/ton; health products raw materials, whose prices can be up to 1.602 billion yuan/ton. In bothsynthetic food antioxidants and natural products over the next 5 years, annual demand of tea polyphenolsfrom 500 tons to make the transition to 5000 tons, annual demand will rise in the future to tens ofthousands of tons as a health product ingredients with great added value, will be composed of dozens oftons of tea polyphenols needs grow to hundreds of tons.

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