Green Tea and Losing Weight

Green tea and losing weight has become a major topic of conversation among people who want to lose weight recently. Green tea and losing weight have been associated with each other for a long time in the Eastern parts of the world. In the West, green tea and losing weight are beginning to catch on now that many weight loss products contain essence of green tea. We shall investigate why green tea and losing weight go so well together.

The story behind green tea and losing weight

In the East, green tea has been used for thousands of years by both the Chinese and Japanese for many purposes. Green tea is great as a beverage and also as an herbal medicine. The use of green tea for medicinal purposes spread and was recently recognized in the medical profession in the West.

There have been many researches on green tea, the effects of green tea, green tea and losing weight and particularly on the antioxidant and chemotherapeutic effects of green tea. The most recent research conducted in Switzerland and the US reveal that there may be a strong correlation between green tea and losing weight. Hence, green tea and losing weight have been referred together by many sources.

Evidence of correlation between green tea and losing weight

The December 1999 issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition and Urology published a study that revealed that green tea contained some chemical compounds that assisted the weight loss process. A research into green tea and weight loss was led by Dr. Abdul Dulloo at the University of Geneva on a group of 10 healthy young men with different weight problems, from too thin to too fat.

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