Want to lose some belly fat? Consider adding green tea to your diet. The soothing drink is reported to provide a boost to exercise-induced weight loss according to the Journal of Nutrition. In a study conducted by researchers at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, 132 obese adults were kept on a consistent diet of fixed daily calories and all participated in 180 minutes of moderate exercise. One group consumed green tea with 625mg of catechins (the main antioxidant in green tea) every day, while the control group was given a beverate containing 39mg of caffeine daily. After 12 weeks, those who drank green tea lost 2kg compared to just over 1 kg for the control group. The green tea drinkers also lost more abdominal fat, subcutaneous abdominal fat and triglycerides.
Taken from SHAPE March 2009
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