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Add Tea to Your Fat Loss Diet

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An article in the journal Obesity reported the findings of Chinese scientists who noticed improvements in weight and body composition in men and women who consumed green tea that contained high amounts of catechins.

Researchers at Fudan University divided 182 moderately overweight Chinese men and women to receive beverages containing varying amounts of catechins for 90 days.  By the end of the study, total body fat and body fat percentage were lower in the group that received the highest amount of catechins compared to the control group.  In the highest catechin group, intra-abdominal fat area and weight were lower, and waist circumference averaged 1.9 centimeters less than those who received the control beverage.

“In this latest research, green tea providing significant catechin levels helped promote weight loss and positively affected body shape,”  lead researcher Dr. Niels Boon concluded.

You can get my recommendation for green tea capsules here.

Add a Little Sunshine to Your Fat Loss Diet

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A recent study by the Endocrine Society found that men and women with higher vitamin D levels experienced a greater amount of weight loss when dieting compared to those with lower levels.  Study participants were put on a reduced-calorie diet for eleven weeks.  The researchers found a linear relationship between baseline vitamin D levels and weight loss.

“Plasma vitamin D predicts subsequent weight loss, suggesting a potential role for vitamin D in promotion of weight loss, perhaps through effects on adipose metabolism,” the study’s authors conclude in their abstract about their findings.

Vitamin D can be obtained from sun exposure, foods (fatty fish such as salmon) and supplements.