“But when he stopped drinking his usual three or more cups of green tea a day, he was able to take Simvastatin without any pain,” the authors noted.
“Tests showed that on the same 20-milligram dose of Simvastatin, the man had twice as much of the statin in the bloodstream as he did when he took a break from drinking it.”
Several other studies have highlighted a direct link between the consumption of coffee and elevated cholesterol.
In fact, it’s been suggested that coffee oils may decrease bile acids and neutral sterols, fueling an increase in lipids.