583mg Of Green Tea is the Magic Number
583 mg seems to be the magic number for green tea induced weight loss.
A recent study by Health Care Research Laboratories in Japan suggest that the continuous ingestion of a Green Tea Extract (GTE) high in contributes to a decrease in weight, bodyfat and cardiovascular disease risks.
During the 12-week study conducted on obese men and women, subject’s ingested green tea containing 583 mg of catechins. The control group ingested 96. Decreases in body weight, body mass index, body fat ratio, body fat mass, waist circumference, hip circumference, visceral fat area, and subcutaneous fat area were found to be greater in the catechin group than in the control group.
Low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol was also decreased to a greater extent in the catechin group. A greater decrease in systolic blood pressure (SBP) was found in the catechin group compared with the control group for subjects whose initial SBP was 130 mm Hg or higher.
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