Tea with bergamot protects the heart better than drugs

Tea with bergamot is as good in protecting against heart disease, and how effective the drugs of the statin. That is the conclusion reached by researchers from the University of Calabria in Italy.

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Addicting Tea with bergamot   It helps protect against heart disease, according to Italian researchers. It turns itself bergamot is as potent drug ingredient, as well as Statins . This popular in the Mediterranean citrus fruit significantly reduces blood levels of "bad" cholesterol. The researchers found that bergamot include enzymes called HMGF (hydroxymethylglutaryl flavones) that attack the proteins in the body that cause heart disease.

It is pleasant to note that the bergamot in prevention of cardiovascular disease   It is no less effective than the drug of the statin, without possessing their side effects. In the experiment, the scientists used the Italian concentration HMGF in proteins that cause heart disease and high cholesterol. Then the researchers compared the effect of these proteins statins   and an extract of bergamot. It was found that both drugs are equally good.

They not only reduce the level of so-called "bad" cholesterol (LDL), and raise cholesterol levels of "good" (HDL). Citrus fruits have long been considered one of the most important and most useful components of the Mediterranean diet, which is called the best in the business prevention of cardiovascular disease . It is these diseases claim more lives among all the inhabitants of the developed countries. (READ MORE)

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