Yerba Mate (Ilex paraguariensis St. Hill.) Tea May Have Cardiometabolic Beneficial Effects in Healthy and At-Risk Subjects: A Randomized, Controlled, Blind, Crossover Trial in Nonhabitual Consumers.

ABSTRACT: Yerba mate has been reported to have antihypertensive, hypocholesterolemic, antidiabetic, or antiobesity properties. Most evidences from human trials involved intakes of high amounts of mate by habitual consumers. Considering its increasing popularity, this study aimed at assessing the potential cardiometabolic effects of moderate intake of yerba mate by nonhabitual consumers. A randomized, crossover, controlled study was carried out in healthy and hypercholesterolemic subjects. Anthropometric parameters, blood pressure, blood lipids, glucose metabolism, inflammatory cytokines, chemokines, and different markers of endothelial function, as well as incretins, adipocytokines, and different hormones were measured at baseline and after 8 weeks consuming yerba mate or a decaffeinated isotonic dr

SUBMITTER: Bravo L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12319497 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature