Tea Catechins

Learn How Tea Catechins, Powerful Antioxidants, Can Aid in Weight Loss

Increased attention is being paid to how high body fat poses health risks including diabetes and heart disease. The polyphenol compound of tea catechins has drawn a lot of attention from the medical and research communities because of its link to reducing dietary lipid intake, giving it the ability to naturally reduce excess body fat through a plant form.

Researchers Study Benefits of Tea Catechins

The 2005 study by the American Society for Clinical Nutrition, "Ingestion of a tea rich in catechins leads to a reduction in body fat and malondialdehyde-modified LDL in men,"¹ investigated the effect of tea catechins (antioxidants) on body fat reduction and ability to reduce oxidized LDL cholesterol in the body.

The 12-week blind study was based on the criteria of the National Institutes of Health for BMI, utilizing 38 healthy male employees of Kao Corporation (Tokyo), ranging in ages from 24-46 years.

The researchers concluded that the subcutaneous fat, which is the fat that lies below the skin's surface, was significantly lower at the end of the 12 weeks. The lower levels of LDL were also associated with the consumption of tea catechins. In the end, they saw that tea catechins may be useful in the prevention of body fat-related diseases and in the improvement of one's health.

What are Tea Catechins?

Polyphenols are antioxidant compounds found in a variety of plant foods. These compounds have been linked to a variety of health benefits including the prevention of certain cancers and diseases such as diabetes and heart disease.

Polyphenols and EGCG (Epigallocatechin gallate) are catechin antioxidant compounds found naturally in tea leaves. Tea, in comparison to chocolate or wine, contains a high concentration of catechins. And the higher grades of Oolong tea in particular, when grown and processed in ideal conditions, have increased compounds in comparison to other teas.

• Tea Catechins
  • Tea catechins comprise 25% of the compounds that makes up a tea leaf.
  • Recent research indicates that including catechins in your diet, by drinking Wu-Long tea for example, may lead to a decrease in body weight and a reduction of certain health issues.
  • Tea catechins work with other naturally occurring chemicals in the body to intensify levels of fat oxidation, or thermogenesis, the process by which heat is created in the body by burning fat.

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1. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2005; 81:122-9.