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Daily ingestion of 583 mg of green tea catechins for 12 weeks significantly reduces body fat mass, visceral fat area, and LDL cholesterol in humans with visceral fat-type obesity, independent of changes in usual diet or physical activity.
If you have visceral obesity, drinking a beverage providing ~583 mg of catechins daily (approx. 1.7 cans of the specific high-catechin extract used) for 12 weeks, while maintaining your usual diet and exercise, may help reduce body fat and LDL cholesterol. This is not a magic bullet but a supportive intervention.
The continuous ingestion of a GTE high in catechins led to a reduction in body fat, SBP, and LDL cholesterol, suggesting that the ingestion of such an extract contributes to a decrease in obesity and cardiovascular disease risks.
Why this rating
Double-blind, randomized, controlled trial with a large sample size (n=240) and stratified analysis, though conducted in a specific demographic (Japanese adults with visceral obesity).
Source
A Green Tea Extract High in Catechins Reduces Body Fat and Cardiovascular Risks in Humans
Tomonori Nagao et al. · Obesity · 2007
DOI 10.1038/oby.2007.176
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