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Can taking green tea pills and weight loss be related? The answer is yes and there are several animal and human studies to support this.

One of the earlier studies suggesting that green tea pills and weight loss might be related was done at the UK’s Birmingham University. It showed that subjects taking the tea were able to get more of their energy from fat (about 17% more) rather than the normal sugar. They were also able to burn fat faster again by about 17%.

Other studies also showed that consumption of green tea extract increased the amount of energy spent while resting (resting metabolism), improves exercise performance and prevents obesity in mice.

A study on obese subjects in Thailand concluded that subjects (people) who took the tea tablets had a significantly higher weight loss than controls who took a placebo.

The active ingredients that give the tea its effect are the large biological molecules known as catechins and of which the best known is EGCG. EGCG is thought to exert its effect by influencing the hormones which in turn affect the rate at which fat cells are broken down.

Obviously the faster that fat cells are broken down, the more energy that can be obtained from fat and the more weight that can be lost.

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