Green Tea Study: Weight Management

A study with green tea shows that it really can help with weight loss. Mice that were obese were given a diet high in fat and green tea. Another group of mice were only given the high fat diet with no green tea. The mice who were getting the green tea began to gain weight much slower than the mice who were not getting the green tea. The mice who were getting green tea actually gained 45% less fat.

Also, the mice who were taking green tea began to have more fatty fecal matter. It became 30% more fatty, which is proof that green tea decreases your body's ability to absorb fat. It also improves the way your body uses fat. Instead of just storing fat, your body puts more of it to use.

Green tea is a very useful supplement for weight loss. If you combine green tea with exercise and eating a little less, you will see weight loss. Not just any supplement provides enough green tea as this study. You will need a supplement with EGCG.

I take green tea, but I do not take an extract. Now I may change my mind about that choice and begin taking a supplement that is concentrated with EGCG.

Green Tea Burns Belly Fat- Study

Green tea is a well known weight loss herb with many studies to back up this claim. A 2009 study shows that green tea increases fat loss, particularly in the abdominal region.

One hundred people were used in this study. They were from the ages of 21 to 65 and healthy. They were also people who tend to be sedentary, which means they have a desk job and at home they tend to not do much work. They were given 500 mL drinks. One of the drinks contained 625 mg of green tea catechins. The other drink contained caffeine. They took one of these drinks each day. They also had to exercise for 180 minutes each week at a moderate level.

The results of the study found that those who took the drink with green tea catechins lost more weight than those in the control group. In particular, abdominal fat decreased more in the green tea catechins group.

This study proves that green tea helps you lose more weight than you could on your own. If you are trying to lose weight, it would benefit you to take green tea each day. You will end up losing weight faster.