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Green Tea Helps In Loosing Body Weight

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October 20, 2008

Green tea is one of the most famous antioxidant drink on a global level. It is worth mentioning here that green tea is mainly and in general solely obtained from the green leaves of Camellia sinensis. The processing of green tea is done in such a way that the green tea leaves undergo minimal oxidation and the very important polyphenolic compounds, catechins etc. are prevented from getting oxidized while processing.

Green tea has been very popular in China and then transcended to the various regions of the Asian subcontinent. In the recent years, with the popularization of the traditional and alternative system of medicine, green tea has become very promising in the western world as well.

Green tea health benefit claims

Green tea is very rich in natural antioxidants, which have a lot of benevolent effects on immunity. Green tea is also found useful against stress and helps in combating stress associated problems. A very important finding associated with the ever increasing popularity of green tea is its potential to prevent cancer as reported in one of the most scientifically trusted journals by the researchers from the Medical college of Ohio.

Green tea and body weight loss

A very interesting feature attributed to green tea is its ability to fight obesity and assist in reducing the body fat. In a very recent and interesting study, a group of researchers working at the Department of Chemical Biology, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Rutgers have proved the ability of the major green tea polyphenol, (-)-epigallocatechin-3-gallate to reduce the symptoms as well as problems of high-fat-induced obesity, symptoms of the metabolic syndrome, and fatty liver. It has been clinically proved that green tea helps in fighting obesity in women.

What else can be expected from green tea usage?

Green tea when taken regularly on daily basis has been shown to improve the skin quality and glow, apart from this green tea use is also shown to improve the overall metabolic functioning of the body. Green tea is also proved to be useful in fighting the damage to the skin cells on exposure to UV radiations of the sun. Therefore, a lot of benefits can be expected apart from body weight loss on drinking green tea regularly.

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