It's hard to believe some of the claims made by some of these skinny tea companies!
What's even more unbelievable, is that people completely eat them up (or rather, drink them up).
Some of the comments I see on the branded Facebook pages are: "Will I really get the body I want in 28 days?" in which the company writes back and says: "Yes!"
It's a really sad state of affairs, and I really care about people's pockets and innocent people being lied to. Maybe too much.
But I can't help it.
Green Tea and Fat Loss - The Evidence
First of all, take a look at this tea advertisement I saw recently and became white hot with rage over.
Just let that sink in for a moment...
This company is basically claiming that with no exercise and no "dieting" (eg, eating in a calorie deficit) you'll lose fat in 28 days.
It's just total garbage.
Some fat burners can increase your metabolic rate by around 5-10% but without a proper diet in place, you're wasting your time!
Their effect is minimal and must be part of the big picture for fat loss to occur.
So how much of an effect will some tea have on your waistline?
One study found that over a week-long period, when one group consumed a green tea extract supplement twice a day (equivalent to 8 cups of green tea a day!) and another group a placebo - the green tea "did not result in significant changes in fat oxidation" (1).
A large review of the scientific literature into green tea also declares it has no meaningful effect on fat loss (2).
So the science is pretty clear, there's no magical tea that will make difference.
Weight loss is all about a solid calorie deficit combined with exercise.
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References
(1) Randell RK1, Hodgson AB, Lotito SB, Jacobs DM, Boon N, Mela DJ, Jeukendrup AE. No effect of 1 or 7 d of green tea extract ingestion on fat oxidation during exercise. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2013 May;45(5):883-91. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e31827dd9d4.
(2) Jurgens TM1, Whelan AM, Killian L, Doucette S, Kirk S, Foy E.
Green tea for weight loss and weight maintenance in overweight or obese adults. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2012 Dec 12;12:CD008650. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD008650.pub2.
Author
Dayne Hudson