Black tea may help with weight loss, too
Benefits of green tea were already known; new UCLA study shows that polyphenols in both varieties alter gut bacteria
Roxanne Moster | October 02, 2017
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The UCLA research could help explain the difference between how black tea and green tea change energy metabolism.
UCLA researchers have demonstrated for the first time that black tea may promote weight loss and other health benefits by changing bacteria in the gut. In a study of mice, the scientists showed that black tea alters energy metabolism in the liver by changing gut metabolites.
The research is published in the European Journal of Nutrition.
The study found that both black and green tea changed the ratio of intestinal bacteria in the animals: The percentage of bacteria associated with obesity decreased, while bacteria associated with lean body mass increased.
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