White Tea Fights Obesity--New German
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A German research team has found that drinking a special
kind of tea called "white tea" helps to fight obesity. White
tea is made from immature tea leaves and has been
consumed in China for any generations. The type of green
and black tea that we Westerners consume is made from
more mature tea leaves. But as with many stories which
arrive as "blockbuster news", we at collectivewizdom
decided to dig a bit deeper.
The study, published today in the Journal of Nutrition and
Metabolism, found that white tea not only inhibits the
production of new fat cells but it also facilitates the
breakdown of mature fat cells.
The study was based on in vitro experiments in which
extracts of white tea were added to human fat cells in the
laboratory. No actual human beings were studied, and for
this reason, we have no idea how many cups of white tea
would be optimal to induce the same obesity-fighting
effects in real life.
At best, the findings on white can be called promising but
preliminary. We'll keep you posted as this fascinating
research continues to develop.
In the meantime, however, it makes sense to add a few
cups of white tea to your daily tea consumption, if you are
trying to shed a few pounds.
Some Western companies have begun to sell white tea. The
Twinings Company based in the UK, for example, has
introduced a brand of white tea made from young tea
leaves from the Fujian region of South East China. The tea
is made from the bud and top leaf of the Camellia sinensis
plant.
Most other manufacturers of white tea use a similar
procedure, with the goal being to process the tea as little
as possible. This apparently in the key to preserving the
ingredients believed to act upon human cells, such as
methylxanthines (like caffeine) and
epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG).
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