Coffee And Green Tea Believed To Reduce Stroke Risk

Coffee And Green Tea Believed To Reduce Stroke Risk

Doctor Yoshihiro Kokubo, chief doctor at the National and Cardiovascular Center in Osaka, is conducting the first large scale test to determine the effect regular consumption of green tea and coffee can have on our health, specifically, on reducing stroke risk.

The study was published in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association and was made up of 83,269 Japanese adults whose ages ranged from 45 to 74. They were questioned about their tea and coffee consumption levels and the research followed their general health while insisting on heart disease strokes and cause of death for a duration of nearly 13 years. Their age, lifestyle, alcohol consumption and smoking habits were also taken into consideration during the study.

The research showed that people who drink one cup of coffee daily can reduce the risk of having a stroke by nearly 20 percent. Also people who drink two cups of coffee a day apparently increase their chances of having a coronary heart disease.

People who consume one cup of green tea a day have a 14 percent lower chance of suffering a stroke, while the consumption of 4 or more cups can lead to a 20 percent decrease in stroke risk.

Those who drank either a cup of coffee or green tea a day had a 32 percent less chance of suffering an intercerebral hemorrhage.

Posted by George Daniels on Sunday March 17 2013, 3:47 AM EST. Ref: CBS. Link. All trademarks acknowledged. Filed under Featured News, Health. Comments and Trackbacks closed. Follow responses: RSS 2.0