You've already heard that green tea may help you
shed pounds. But now, University of California, Los Angeles researchers have
found that black tea might help promote weight loss,
too.
For the study, which was recently published in
the European Journal of Nutrition, the researchers fed four groups
of mice different diets for one month:
·
Low-fat and
high-sugar
·
High-fat and
high-sugar
·
High-fat and high
sugar with green tea extract
·
High-fat and high
sugar with black tea extract
After measuring the rodents’ fat, gut bacteria, and
liver tissues, they found that both of the tea groups on a high-fat diet lost a
similar amount of weight compared to the mice eating less fat, or fewer
calories overall.
That’s because green and black teas are abundant in
polyphenols, a type of antioxidant that has been shown to improve your heart healthand play a role in weight loss. But the way these antioxidants
travel through your body differs in black tea compared to green tea, the study
authors note.
