Want to tackle obesity, inflammation? Sip on green tea

If you wish to cut down those excess kilos and reduce your inflammation of the gut, then just opt for the green tea, a new study says so.

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Written By: Editorial Team | Updated: March 14, 2019, 5:13 PM

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You must be knowing that green tea is abundant in antioxidants. But, now a new study published in the Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry revealed that it can help you lower the inflammation of your gut along with dealing with obesity. The study suggested that mice who fed a high-fat diet which was supplemented along with green tea gained about 20 per cent less weight and had lower insulin resistance compared to the mice fed an otherwise identical diet which didn't consist of tea. Mice who were fed with two per cent green tea extract had enhanced gut health. According to the study, the reason behind it is that green tea encourages the growth of good gut bacteria and reduces your risk of obesity.

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Also, in those groups half also ate green tea extract mixed with their food.

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The study also concluded that green tea can also be beneficial against the movement of endotoxin which is the toxic bacterial component -- out of their guts and also in the bloodstream. Along with obesity, green tea can also help you keep cancer, heart and liver ailments at bay. (With inputs from IANS).

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