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Article: Clinical Trial Shows Cardiovascular Benefits of Rooibos, Popular Antioxidant Herbal Tea from South Africa
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- September 10, 2008
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To: NATIONAL EDITORS
Contact: Lucy Bruno of American Botanical Council, +1-512-926-
4900 x121, Fax: +1-512-926-2345, marketing@herbalgram.org
AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The first-
ever human clinical trial on a popular traditional South African
herbal tea was recently conducted, testing whether the tea can
possibly lower the risk of cardiovascular disease.
The new trial also generated the first human safety data in a
controlled clinical trial environment, scientifically showing that
short-term consumption of rooibos tea is safe for the liver and
kidneys while keeping various blood parameters (e.g., blood
pressure, cholesterol levels, etc.) in a normal range.(1)
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