Relájate y bebe té

Beat stress, drink tea (combate el estrés, bebe té)
October 4, 2006 10:59:44 AM PST
Regular cups of tea can help speed recovery from stress, researchers from University College London (UCL) said on Wednesday. (tomar regularmente té ayuda a recuperarse del estrés, dijeron investigadores de la Universidad Colegio de Londres)
Men who drank black tea four times a day for six weeks were found to have lower levels of the stress hormone cortisol than a control group who drank a fake tea substitute, the researchers said in a study published in the journal Psychopharmacology. (hombres que bebieron té negro cuatro veces al día durante seis semanas tuvieron bajos niveles de la hormona del estrés cortisol comparados con el grupo control que bebieron un placebo, según el estudio publicado en la revista Psicofarmacología)
The tea drinkers also reported a greater feeling of relaxation after performing tasks designed to raise stress levels. (los bebedores de té se sintieron relajados después de realizar tareas que elevan los niveles de estrés (como después de echarse un palestino, nota del pexipato) lo de relajados, no estresados, salvo que haya sido con la gordillo) )
Andrew Steptoe, of UCL's department of Epidemiology and Public Health, and one of the report's authors, said the findings could have important health implications.
"Slow recovery following acute stress has been associated with a greater risk of chronic illness such as coronary heart disease.
"Although it does not appear to reduce the actual levels of stress we experience, tea does seem to have a greater effect in bringing stress hormone levels back to normal."
In the study, 75 tea-drinking men were split into two groups, all giving up their normal tea, coffee and caffeinated drinks.
Half were given a fruit-flavored caffeinated tea mixture made up of the usual constituents of a cup of black tea.
The others were given a caffeinated substitute, identical in taste but without the active tea ingredients.
Neither the participants or the researchers knew who was drinking real or false tea.
At the end of six weeks the participants were given a series of tests designed to raise their stress levels, including being given five minutes to prepare and deliver a presentation.
The researchers found that stress levels, blood pressure and heart rate rose similar amounts in both groups.
But 50 minutes after the tasks cortisol levels had fallen an average of 47 percent among the tea drinkers, compared to 27 percent in the fake tea group.
Steptoe said it was not known which ingredients in tea were responsible for the effects found in the study. (después sigue el rollote de la investigación)

Yo últimamente me tomo mi té de tila antes de dormir, y me duermo una hora después. Aunque al otro día ando con weba. También leí que el té verde lo toman los chinos y ayuda a ser longevo. Aunque no me interesa llegar a los 105.

Pero ya saben: tomen té, y relájense. Pero no se la rejalen, porque es agotador.