Daily cup of tea may lower heart attack risk – Research

A new research has shown that drinking as little as a cup of tea everyday may be good for your heart.

According to the research, 35 percent of persons who drank a cup of tea everyday are less likely to have a heart attack or other major cardiovascular event, compared to nondrinkers.

The study also found that tea drinkers were less likely to have calcium buildup in the heart’s coronary arteries. Calcium deposits have been linked to serious conditions, such as heart disease and stroke, the researchers said.

Dr. Elliott Miller, who is an internal medicine physician and instructor of medicine at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, said, “We found that moderate tea drinkers had a decreased progression of coronary artery calcium and a decreased incidence of cardiovascular events.”