Researchers have found a type of Chinese tea to be effective in lowering
cholesterol levels in lab mice, reports the China Post.
A conductor of the study, Dr. Sun Lu-hsi of National Taiwan University
(NTU) says she and a team of researchers found that when lab mice
were put on a special diet that contained Pu'erh tea, a special bacteria-fermented
Chinese tea, their cholesterol levels all showed a significant drop.
Sun said even though her study on this particular Chinese tea has
shown encouraging results on lab mice, she has yet to conduct a
similar research on human beings to know whether it would yield
the same effect.
Nevertheless, the NTU researcher stressed that, unlike adverse
effects often associated with new drugs undergoing clinical trials,
constant and moderate drinking could only promote overall health
without any possible side effects.