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When it comes to boostingbig belly, Hiit workouts andintermittent fast can come to mind first, but what about tea?

New search published in the journalNutrientsreveals that Oolong tea consumption can help you burn fat while you sleep.Specifically, researchers at the University of Tsukuba in Japan have found that drinking two cups of traditional Chinese tea every day rebuilding fat burning processes in the body. (In touch:15 underestimated weight loss tips that actually work.)

"Like all teas, Oolong contains caffeine, which impacts the energy metabolism by increasing our heart rate. However, studies suggest that tea consumption can also increase the distribution of fat, independent of the effects of the Caffeine ", Senior Author of the study, Professor Kumpei Tokuyama,said in a statement.

"So we wanted to look at the effects of oolong consumption compared to caffeine alone on energy and fat metabolism among a group of healthy volunteers."

What did the researchers have found after studying participants for two weeks? The two oolong tea - partially oxidized and are neither fully considered as a green or black tea, since it shows characteristics of the pure caffeine and caffeine increases by 20% compared to those who took a placebo.

An even more impressive discovery is that the positive effects of the tea was on the body have been maintained throughout the night. Curiously, neither the group who drank oolong tea or pure caffeine over this two-week period experienced an increase in energy expenditure. This comment suggests that participants may have developed a tolerance to stimulating effects of both treatments.

In addition to that, there were no notable changes in both groupsSleep habits, or even the time it took to fall asleep, despite the fact that the two treatments concerned caffeine - a known sleep disruptor.Lack of sleep Can also disrupt the metabolism of energy - a process group used by the body to break down the food and use it as energy, which can result in weight gain over time. However, Oolong did not seem to have any negative effects on the sleep of the participants.

So, should you consider drinking oolong every day? Professor Tokuyama says that, while the Oolong effects had a fat failure during sleep suggest that tea could help control body weight, it is unclear if these effects will result in fat loss over a period prolonged.

"In addition, we want to make a decaffeinated tea of ​​the oolong to better distinguish the effects of caffeine from other tea components, which will help us understand exactly how Oolong helps the grease degradation," A-T -il declared in the declaration.

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