Green Tea Burn Fat
How Does It Work
How
does green tea burn fat? According to scientific studies, health
benefits include reduction of fat tissue, visceral fat, cholesterol and
triglycerides.
Green
tea has many health benefits. According to Dr. Nagao Tomonoric, it is
antioxidant, antiviral and anticancer. It also reduces blood
pressure and blood sugar.
Cell culture studies
found that green tea is especially effective in blocking fat cells from growing
and multiplying. It also inhibits the enzymes involved in the fat storage process, and
promotes the enzymes involved in the fat oxidation process. End result? A
powerful fat burner.
Green Tea Burn Fat#1:
Reduces Fat Tissue
In 2005, Nagao and his colleagues from the Kao Corporation in Japan conducted a
small human trial to find out whether green tea can really help burn fat. 38 healthy
Japanese men aged 24 to 46 years, whose body weight was normal to
overweight, participated.
Their energy
and fat intake
was strictly monitored. They were not allowed to drink any tea or
caffeinated beverages. Over 12 weeks, they drank either green tea or oolong tea at supper.
The
green tea was enriched, containing 690
milligrams of catechins. The oolong tea served as the control and contained only 22
milligrams of catechins.
The
study found that the participants body weight was
1.5% lower than the control group after 12 weeks.
Their waist
circumference was 2% lower. The total fat area was 7.5% lower!
Green Tea Burn Fat#2:
Reduces Cholesterol Damage
As we grow older, our arteries
naturally harden. Fats, cholesterols and blood platelets accumulate in
the artery wall, forming a layer of atherosclerotic plaque. When they
thicken and block the entire artery, a heart attack or stroke occurs.
The same study by Nagao
found that after 3 months, green tea drinkers' cholesterol was less damaged by free radicals.
Damaged
cholesterol can cause atherosclerotic plaque to form. By helping the
cholesterol stay in good shape, green tea protects our heart from
cardiovascular disease.
Green Tea Burn Fat#3:
Reduces Blood Fat
Triglycerides are the most common types of fat that exists in your body. Also present in blood plasma, it links up with cholesterol to form blood lipid.
Triglycerides in plasma are derived from fats eaten in foods or made
in the body from other energy sources like carbohydrates. Any calories
you consume that are not used immediately by tissues are converted to triglycerides and transported to fat cells to be stored.
A 1999 Hong Kong study discovered that a human equivalent of 3 cups of green tea a day significantly reduces your blood levels of cholesterol and triglycerides.
What this means is that with better circulation of blood and oxygen,
you will have more energy to perform your daily activities and stay
slim.
Green Tea Burn Fat#4:
Reduces Visceral Fat
Green tea does not just burn any fat. It is particularly good at burning visceral fat.
Fat deposits on the hips and thighs produces the pear body shape.
Fat
deposits around the abdominal cavity, intestines and internal organs produces the
apple body shape, and is called visceral fat. It is a particularly harmful kind of fat and is linked to metabolic syndrome
and type 2 diabetes.
In one 2004 study, mice were fed diets containing 2% green tea powder for 16
weeks. Visceral fat decreased by 76.8% in those receiving green tea compared to
the control group.
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Nagao, Y. Komine, S. Soga, et al (2005).
Ingestion of a tea rich in catechins leads to a reduction in body fat
and malondialydehyde-modified LDL in men. Am J Clin Nutr; 81:122-129.
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