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There is controversy pertaining to green
tea and it's ability to work as a stimulant and improve a person's
potential for weight
loss. The ancient Chinese believed that green
tea had medicinal values including weight loss potential. They
went as far as to document this in 1181. There is debate however, as
to the reliability of this information.
The U. S. Federal
drug and Alcohol Commission has stated that they do not support this
information. They have not however conducted experiments to support
their disbelief.
They simply made this
statement based on having a study group examine 105 articles and
publications that pertain to this information. These publications were
by major universities and other national departments, including the
American journal of Clinical nutrition.
The American journal
of Clinical nutrition supported in their reports, claims that green
tea does indeed assist in weight reduction. This statement by a
major health publication seems to answer the question through
documented evidence. As far as this authority is concerned there is
reason to believe that consuming green
tea can act as a dietary supplement. However, this evidence is
discounted by the USFDA as not being conclusive.
Evidence in these
publications would seem to point to the fact that green tea can indeed
assist with weight loss. The FDA does not seem to be able to reach
this conclusion by reading these articles and publications, but this
does not mean that the evidence is not there. It would almost seem
that despite the FDA that there is evidence that green tea can help
with weight
reduction.
Perhaps the debate is
not in whether green tea has
viable abilities to assist in weight reduction, but rather that the
FDA says simply that they are not convinced based on the evidence. In
a court case this would not mean that criminal did not do what he was
charged with, but rather that the court overseeing the case could not
prove it based on the evidence that was offered up during the case.
To answer the
question of whether green tea can
help with weight loss we have to ask ourselves what evidence we need.
There does seem to be sufficient documented evidence to state that
green tea seems to contain some potential to stimulate weight
loss.
The Orientals
believed it and have used it for centuries to provide medicinal values
including weight loss. The worst thing that could happen is you
consume green tea for a while and do not lose weight.
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