Tea Sippers

I had second thoughts about making a quick post on this as it is not really news about tea but about an herbal tisane. So I just added a category for herbal tea and am making this post. Specifically, this is about a health study done with hibiscus tea on pre-hypertensive and mildly hypertensive adults.

Those in the group who drank three cups of hibiscus tea a day had a 7.2 point drop in their systolic blood pressure compared to the control group which only dropped 1.3 points. Those with the highest pressure readings before the study began showed the greatest response and therefore the greatest drop in points. So if you suffer from high blood pressure you might want to try hibiscus tea three times a day as part of your daily diet like the participants in this study.

One other point to make. This study was funded by the Agricultural Research Service (USDA) and Celestial Seasonings.

Source: http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2008/081110.htm

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