China scientists "prove" tea can help fight obesity


	China scientists "prove" tea can help fight obesity

Deepti

6-6-2007 8:13 AM

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tea, obesity, china, researchers, proof, weight loss, fat

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6-6-2007 10:53 AM

mona

perhaps this news should be shared with Markos Kyprianou.

6-6-2007 12:45 PM

sl0wdjin

Nice catch...

6-8-2007 2:11 PM

Rashid Malik

Tea is also reputed to have ant-aging ans anti-carcinogenic properties too.

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</P><P> Researchers spent five years studying obesity, with the focus on children, the China Daily said.
</P><P> "They found that the polyphenol compound in tea - especially Oolong tea - can help obese people battle the bulge," the newspaper said. "Scientists have proved that drinking tea can help people lose weight."
</P><P> Guo Xirong, director of the Nanjing Institute for Paediatrics, particularly recommends Oolong tea, the newspaper said.
</P><P> Chinese have long believed in the link between tea and weight loss, something an Oolong tea Internet home page (www.oolongtea.org) espouses.
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