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Hormonal
High-catechin green tea extract reduces LDL cholesterol levels in humans with visceral fat-type obesity.
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 LDL cholesterol. This is a supportive intervention for cardiovascular health.
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Low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol was also decreased to a greater extent in the catechin group.
Why this rating
Robust RCT design with stratified analysis.
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
rct · n=240Cited 518×
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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.Good
- High-catechin green tea extract reduces systolic blood pressure in individuals with initial systolic blood pressure of 130 mm Hg or higher, but not in those with lower initial blood pressure.Good
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