{"id":15013,"date":"2025-10-17T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/holistic.news\/en\/?p=15013"},"modified":"2025-10-16T13:47:58","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T11:47:58","slug":"green-tea-for-weight-loss-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/holistic.news\/en\/green-tea-for-weight-loss-works\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s Not a Myth: Green Tea Helps You Lose Weight. New Research Confirms It."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Grand Experiment on the \u201cWestern\u201d Diet<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Scientists from the Brazilian University of Cruzeiro do Sul, led by Professor Rosemari Otton, studied the impact of green tea on obesity for over 15 years. The experiment, which they published in the journal <em><a href=\"https:\/\/analyticalsciencejournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/cbf.70094\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Cell Biochemistry &amp; Function<\/a><\/em>, aimed to verify <strong>what influence green tea has on weight loss<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For <strong>four weeks, the researchers fed mice a high-calorie diet<\/strong>, equivalent to the so-called &#8220;Western diet.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8220;We give them chocolate, filled cookies, caramel, condensed milk&#8230; in other words, the same type of food that many people consume daily,&#8221;<\/em> says Rosemari Otton. After this period, the animals, who remained on the same diet, received green tea extract for another 12 weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Spectacular Influence of Green Tea on Obesity<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The experiment results spoke for themselves. <strong>The mice that consumed the extract lost weight and showed significantly better glucose sensitivity, suggesting an improvement in insulin resistance<\/strong>. What\u2019s more, in another paper published in 2022, obese mice treated with green tea lost up to <strong>30 percent of their body weight<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8220;If a human loses 5 percent to 10 percent of their weight, that is already significant. Thus, this result in animals is very meaningful,&#8221;<\/em> emphasizes Otton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Effect: Fat Loss, But Not Muscle Mass<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The preservation of muscle tissue was also a surprising effect. <strong>Obesity often leads to muscle atrophy, but green tea prevented this<\/strong>. Furthermore, the extract increased the expression of genes responsible for glucose uptake and utilization in the muscles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The study also showed that <strong>green tea acts selectively<\/strong>. <em>&#8220;It makes obese animals lose weight but maintains a balanced weight for lean animals,&#8221;<\/em> comments Otton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The research team discovered that adiponectin<\/strong>, a protein involved in regulating metabolism,<strong> is the key<\/strong>. In the study involving mice lacking this protein, green tea produced no effects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Green Tea for Weight Loss? There is Hope, But\u2026<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Although the results are promising, Professor Otton tempers enthusiasm by emphasizing that <strong>translating them to human conditions requires further research<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8220;What we see in animals doesn&#8217;t always replicate in humans,&#8221;<\/em> she notes. But she adds that in Asian countries, where drinking green tea is a daily routine, obesity occurs less frequently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This discovery is a step toward <strong>natural, safe, and widely available methods<\/strong> of combating obesity, which presents a valuable alternative to expensive drugs with numerous side effects. Professor Otton hopes the research will open the door to further analysis, allowing them to fully utilize the potential of this exceptional brew. Will <strong>green tea for weight loss<\/strong> become the new, revolutionary weapon in the fight against the obesity epidemic? Time will tell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Get the full list of foods working like Ozempic <a href=\"https:\/\/holistic.news\/en\/these-foods-work-like-ozempic-japanese-research-confirms-it\/\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Read this article in Polish:<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/holistic.news\/zielona-herbata-na-odchudzanie-wyniki-badan\/\">To\u00a0nie\u00a0mit: zielona herbata pomaga schudn\u0105\u0107. S\u0105\u00a0nowe badania<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Folk wisdom spoke of its power for centuries, but now science provides solid evidence. Green tea for weight loss is not a myth\u2014researchers discovered a mechanism that allows it to selectively reduce fat tissue while protecting muscle mass. 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