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Enhanced fat burning through green and white tea - brown fat cells play key role
Study
Results
When the researchers measured the amount of energy the students burned when resting (in other words, the amount of warmth their body produced), they saw that the catechins boosted the heat production in the students who had relatively large amounts of brown fat cells. The catechins did not have this effect on the other students.
The students with low amounts of brown fat cells then drank two products containing tea catechins every day for five weeks. On another occasion the students drank two placebo drinks for five weeks. At the end of each period the researchers measured the amount of heat the students produced at a temperature of 19 degrees Celsius.
The figure below shows that the tea catechins boosted the heat production; they had probably resulted in an increase in the number of brown fat cells in the students' bodies.
Conclusion
"These effects on brown adipose tissue are quite similar to those of cold exposure [J Clin Invest. 2013 Aug;123(8):3395-403.] and thermogenic capsinoids. Unlike cold exposure or pharmacologic agents, the tea catechin regimen would be applicable to the sustained interventions aimed at activating brown adipose tissue."
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