white tea inhibits fat!

German Researchers: White Tea Can Affect Fat Life Cycle
Friday, 15 May 2009
Concern over increases in obesity-related diseases prompted research into the effects of white tea extract on the human body.

Researchers in Germany conducted in vitro studies to explore the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying fat metabolism, more specifically the effect of white tea extract on cultured human subcutaneous preadipocytes and adiopocytes (fat cells).

The findings, published this month in Nutrition & Metabolism, found that white tea extract effectively inhibits adipogenesis (the production of fat) and stimulates lipolysis activity (the destruction of fats). According to the abstract, this means white tea extract “can be utilized to modulate different levels of the adipocyte life cycle.”

The abstract and full study can be found here, on Nutrition & Metabolism’s Web site.