OLIVE LEAVES HERBAL TEA EFFECT IN TYPE 2 DIABETIC PATIENTS WITH PREHYPERTENSION

• Publish Date: 2017-03-08

Research Abstract:

Olive tree leaves have been widely used in traditional medicine for its antioxidant, antihypertensive, hypoglycemic, hypocholesterolemic and cardioprotective activity. A clinical study was conducted to evaluate the antihypertensive effect of olive leaves herbal tea (50 g of dried and ground leaves in 250 ml of warm water/twice daily for 28 weeks) in type 2 diabetic patients (n=31, 13 women and 18 men) diagnosed with prehypertension. 

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