What is the best herb or Green Tea for Weight Loss?

Green tea, which has been reported to have anticancer properties and to raise levels of antioxidants in the blood that may ward off heart disease, now appears to have the potential to promote weight loss.

Green tea extract may fight fat, weight gain, and "fatty liver" disease, based on early lab tests in mice, Univ. of Conn. experts note.

Green tea is one of the healthiest beverages on the planet.

It is loaded with antioxidants and various plant compounds that may benefit your health.

How it works?

To burn fat, your body must first break it down in the fat cell and move it into your bloodstream.

Animal studies suggest that the active compounds in green tea can aid this process by boosting the effects of some fat-burning hormones, such as norepinephrine (noradrenaline).

The main antioxidant in tea, EGCG, can help inhibit an enzyme that breaks down the hormone norepinephrine (5Trusted Source).

When this enzyme is inhibited, the amount of norepinephrine increases, promoting fat breakdown (6).

In fact, caffeine and EGCG — both of which are found naturally in green tea — may have a synergistic effect (7Trusted Source).

Ultimately, your fat cell breaks down more fat, which is released into your bloodstream for use as energy by cells like muscle cells.

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