Green tea may help fight obesity, US study says
Tech and Science | Updated today at 12:24 PM
(THE KOREA HERALD/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - US researchers suggested green tea may slow down weight gain and serve as another tool in the fight against obesity, Xinhua news agency reported.
Obese mice fed a compound found in green tea along with a high-fat diet gained weight significantly more slowly than a control group of mice that did not receive the green tea supplement, according to US Pennsylvania State University food scientists.
'In this experiment, we see the rate of body weight gain slows down,' Joshua Lambert, assistant professor of food science in agricultural sciences, was quoted as saying.
The researchers released their findings in the online version of Obesity on Tuesday. They fed two groups of mice a high-fat diet. Mice that were fed Epigallocatechin-3-gallate - EGCG - a compound found in most green teas, along with a high-fat diet, gained weight 45 per cent more slowly than the control group of mice eating the same diet without EGCG.
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