Every day, approximately one million cups of Chamomile tea are consumed worldwide, which is delicious, refreshing, and beneficial to health. Surrey Live, a live streaming platform, pointed out that chamomile tea not only helps with sleep, but also fights high cholesterol.
Chamomile tea is made from dried flowers of Asteraceae plants and has been a natural healing choice for centuries. This magical herb is rich in flavonoids, known for its anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer effects, as well as important minerals and vitamins.
Harvard Health researchers have found that chamomile tea has many health benefits, not just a calming drink to drink before bedtime.
Chamomile is a herb derived from the flowers of the Asteraceae plant. Since ancient times, people around the world have been using chamomile as a natural medicine when facing various health problems.
Chamomile contains various bioactive phytochemicals, especially flavonoids, which have antioxidant properties; It also contains small amounts of minerals and vitamins such as potassium, calcium, carotenoids, folate, and other nutrients. Studies have shown that it can help reduce the risk of heart disease death, enhance the immune system, and even prevent certain cancers.
"Molecular Medicine Reports" published research reports, emphasizing the benefits of chamomile tea on heart health, and mentioned that the flavonoid intake was significantly negatively related to the mortality of coronary heart disease, and inversely related to the incidence rate of myocardial infarction.
In another study published in Endocrinological Investigation, researchers found that chamomile tea can reduce bad cholesterol in diabetes patients. The report shows that chamomile tea significantly reduces glycated hemoglobin (HbA1C) concentration, serum insulin, insulin impedance steady-state model evaluation, total cholesterol, triglycerides, and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol.
The author of the study optimistically concluded that chamomile tea is helpful for blood sugar control and serum lipid status in patients with type 2 diabetes.
In addition, chamomile tea has several potential therapeutic effects that have attracted attention, including relieving menstrual symptoms, regulating blood sugar, fighting osteoporosis, reducing inflammation, anti-cancer, improving sleep and relaxation, relieving cold symptoms, and treating skin diseases. Relevant research is currently underway.
Source: World News Network