Don't Let Milk Tea Take Your Life
For years, scientists have reminded us that drinking tea is good for the heart. However, a new study suggests that adding milk to invigorating tea, or drinking tea and milk together (milk tea), can destroy all the healthy components of tea.
Milk Tea: The Silent Killer of Women's Hearts
The experiment showed that while tea improved blood flow by increasing the contractility of the arterial walls, milk completely blocked this beneficial health effect.
German researchers say this result could explain why the UK's tea culture has not had a significant inhibitory effect on the prevalence of heart disease, as most people in the UK prefer to add milk to their tea.
The findings, published in the European Heart Journal, stated that 16 women were given half a liter of freshly brewed tea, tea with skimmed milk, and plain water. Two hours later, the arteries in their forearms were examined. The results showed that the arterial walls of those who drank black tea had significantly improved contractility, but this effect was much less pronounced in the group that had milk added. Health tip: Milk tea is a food high in sugar, oil, and calories. The milk creamer added to milk tea is often made from coconut oil, and excessive consumption can easily lead to weight gain. Coconut oil contains a large amount of saturated fatty acids, which can accelerate the body's production of cholesterol, causing blood lipids to rise rapidly, leading to vascular hardening. Long-term, large consumption can easily lead to chronic diseases such as high blood pressure and diabetes.
Statistics have shown that drinking large amounts of milk tea for over three months can increase blood lipids and cholesterol. Some milk tea sold on the streets contains no milk or tea at all; it's all made from milk creamer. It's just a combination of oil and sugar. Because milk creamer is not a dairy product and milk tea contains a large amount of sugar, it has almost no calcium and is very harmful to the body.
Currently, cardiovascular disease is the single leading cause of death for women worldwide. Statistics show that the incidence of cardiovascular disease in women is already 10 times that of breast cancer, making it the "number one killer" directly threatening women's lives. However, due to misconceptions, cardiovascular disease in women is easily overlooked, and by the time it is diagnosed, it is often very severe.
"For a long time, the results of epidemiological studies from various countries have been almost consistent: the incidence and mortality of cardiovascular disease in men are higher than in women. Therefore, the situation of cardiovascular disease in women has not received much attention over the years," said Dr. Yao Hua, Deputy Director of the Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital and the Provincial Institute of Cardiovascular Disease. In real life, most women know how to prevent breast cancer and skin cancer, but most women don't know their own cholesterol levels or worry about having a heart attack. For symptoms like fatigue, shortness of breath, nausea, discomfort, back pain, and abdominal pain, many women will choose to 'tough it out,' not realizing that these seemingly ordinary symptoms could be a strong signal that your cardiovascular system is showing signs of fatigue!
Although women tend to develop cardiovascular disease 10 to 15 years later than men, their condition is often more severe when they seek medical help.
Atypical Symptoms
Therefore, clinically, elderly women with a history of diabetes are more likely to have silent myocardial infarctions than men. Some present with heart failure as the first symptom and are more prone to re-infarction. They are also more susceptible to seasonal changes, with an increased incidence of the disease in autumn and winter, and higher rates of complications and mortality than men. Another peculiarity is related to the autonomic nervous dysfunction that often occurs in postmenopausal women. Experts say that the series of syndromes caused by this nerve dysfunction can interfere with the diagnosis of true coronary heart disease in women, often delaying early treatment opportunities.
High-Risk Groups
According to Yao Hua, over the past 20 years, as the mortality rate from cardiovascular disease in men has continued to decrease, the mortality rate in women has been on the rise. The mortality rate from coronary heart disease in postmenopausal women is higher than in men. A report from the American College of Cardiology (ACC) indicates that in developed countries and regions, two-thirds of women who die suddenly from cardiovascular disease have previously undiagnosed coronary heart disease. Furthermore, data from the UK and other European countries show that a woman dies from heart disease every 6 minutes. 55% of deaths among European women are from cardiovascular disease, compared to 43% for men.