date:Aug 23, 2012
Scientists from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS) report that green tea consumption was linked to an average loss of 1.2 kg over a 60 day period and a reduction in waist circumference of about 2 cm.
The potential benefits of green tea may be related to the ability of the polyphenols in the beverage to increase thermogenesis or via an alternate mechanism of appetite suppression, wrote the researchers inThe Journal of Nutrition, Health Aging.
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