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Supplement: Proceedings of the Third International Scientific Symposium on Tea and Human Health

Black Tea Consumption Reduces Total and LDL Cholesterol in Mildly Hypercholesterolemic Adults¹

Michael J. Davies^*, Joseph T. Judd^*,2, David J. Baer^*, Beverly A. Clevidence^*, David R. Paul^*, Alison J. Edwards^*, Sheila A. Wiseman, Richard A. Muesing^** and Shirley C. Chen

^* Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center, ARS-U.S. Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, MD; Unilever Research Laboratory, Vlaardingen, The Netherlands; ^** The George Washington University Lipid Research Clinic, Washington, DC; Unilever Bestfoods NA, Englewood Cliffs, NJ

²To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: judd{at}bhnrc.arsusda.gov.

Despite epidemiological evidence that tea consumption is associated with the reduced risk of coronary heart disease, experimental studies designed to show that tea affects oxidative stress or blood cholesterol concentration have been unsuccessful. We assessed the effects of black tea consumption on lipid and lipoprotein concentrations in mildly hypercholesterolemic adults. Tea and other beverages were included in a carefully controlled weight-maintaining diet. Five servings/d of tea were compared with a placebo beverage in a blinded randomized crossover study (7 men and 8 women, consuming a controlled diet for 3 wk/treatment). The caffeine-free placebo was prepared to match the tea in color and taste. In a third period, caffeine was added to the placebo in an amount equal to that in the tea. Five servings/d of tea reduced total cholesterol 6.5%, LDL cholesterol 11.1%, apolipoprotein B 5% and lipoprotein(a) 16.4% compared with the placebo with added caffeine. Compared with the placebo without added caffeine, total cholesterol was reduced 3.8% and LDL cholesterol was reduced 7.5% whereas apolipoprotein B, Lp(a), HDL cholesterol, apolipoprotein A-I and triglycerides were unchanged. Plasma oxidized LDL, F2-isoprostanes, urinary 8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine, ex vivo ferric ion reducing capacity and thiobarbituric acid reactive substances in LDL were not affected by tea consumption compared with either placebo. Thus, inclusion of tea in a diet moderately low in fat reduces total and LDL cholesterol by significant amounts and may, therefore, reduce the risk of coronary heart disease. Tea consumption did not affect antioxidant status in this study.

KEY WORDS: • black tea • cholesterol • lipoproteins • antioxidant status • caffeine

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