Posted on 03/03/2005 1:33:46 PM PST by nickcarraway
The amount of green tea eaten by the mice would work out to about 4 cups of green tea a day for a 165-pound human athlete. That's a little less than a liter of tea a day.
Probably not. But green tea extract does make mice stronger swimmers, Japanese researchers report. Ten weeks of green tea supplements plus strenuous exercise made mice swim longer and stronger than mice that swam their laps without performance enhancement.
"We have shown that green tea extracts are beneficial for improving endurance capacity, and that this effect is accompanied by a stimulation of [fat] metabolism," Takatoshi Murase, PhD, writes. "Although the clinical efficacy of green tea extract has not yet been confirmed in human studies, our results suggest that green tea extract may be a useful tool for improving endurance capacity."
Even better news: The mice got stronger because the green tea made them burn fat more efficiently, suggests Murase and colleagues at the Biological Sciences Laboratories of Kao Corp., Tochigi, Japan. Kao Corp. is a maker of green tea products.
The findings appear in the online edition of the American Journal of Physiology: Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, published by the American Physiology Society.
Mice — even mighty mice — are not men. But Murase calculates that the amount of green tea eaten by the mice would work out to about 4 cups of green tea a day for a 165-pound human athlete. That's a little less than a liter of tea a day.
Green tea does contain caffeine. But evidence indicates that the performance enhancement comes from green tea chemicals called catechins and not caffeine. The main catechin in green tea is called EGCG. Taken by itself, EGCG did enhance mouse performance. But this effect is "weak," Murase says, compared with the effect of whole green tea extract.
Sources: Murase, T. American Journal of Physiology: Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, online edition, January 2005. News release, American Physiology Society.
"No, I am familiar with white tea. I drink it all the time."
Just don't eat the yellow snow.
Which white teas do you drink, and where do you get them? (I had a source a couple of years ago, but it was bought out by someone who doesn't appreciate white teas.)
I've only found white tea mixed with green tea on the super maket shelf.
I find green tea seems to help settle my stomach on days it's acting up, like today.
Thanks! I'll check it out.
HA - cool!
Try a nice Chun Mee
Isn't this like saying if you DIET and EXERCISE and take Cortislim, you will lose weight?
Thanks for the lead!!! I've been looking for a good site like this since my former supplier crapped out.
Leni
I believe Trim Spa's main ingredient is Green Tea extract? Not 100% sure, but check the bottle next time you are in the drug store.
Plus strenuous exercise...sure they got stronger; the mice were in TRAINING!
Plus strenuous exercise...sure they got stronger; the mice were in TRAINING!
Plus strenuous exercise...sure they got stronger; the mice were in TRAINING!
My first EVER triple post! (sorry!)
Tea in general is considered to have several good properties - http://www.internet-articles.com/health/tea.php
I'm gonna live forever!
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