Fat burner - Green Tea

The consumption of green tea and green tea extracts  may help reduce body weight, mainly body fat, but studies have show conflicting results. Green tea may be a fat burner by increasing thermogenesis and fat oxidation. However, the fat burner effects of green tea are not potent, and therefore, for effective weight loss, a green tea supplement should have additional nutrients for a synergistic effect. One such product is Diet Rx which has green tea as fat burner along with hoodia, garcinia cambogia, spirulina, and several other herbs.

Green Tea Extract, 100 mg, yielding 35 mg EGCG - Source Naturals

Green Tea Extract offers a convenient way to get the benefits of green tea in a highly concentrated green tea pill form.  This green tea extract is standardized for bioflavonoid-like antioxidants known as polyphenols, particularly Epigallocatechin Gallate EGCG. EGCG has been found in scientific studies to be a potent antioxidant. Green tea antioxidants are likely to become more popular with time.

Green Tea Supplement Facts
Green Tea Extract Yielding 35 mg epigallocatechin gallate EGCG

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Green tea extract and fat burner study
The effects of epigallocatechin-3-gallate on thermogenesis and fat oxidation in obese men: a pilot study.
J Am Coll Nutr. 2007 Aug;26(4):389S-95S. Universitary Medicine Berlin, Charité Campus Buch Franz-Volhard-Center for Clinical Research, D-13125, Berlin, Germany.
In a randomized double blind, placebo-controlled, cross-over pilot study, six overweight men were given 300 mg EGCG per day for 2 days. Fasting and postprandial changes in energy expenditure and substrate oxidation were assessed. Resting energy expenditure did not differ significantly between EGCG and placebo treatments, although during the first postprandial monitoring phase, respiratory quotient values were significantly lower with EGCG compared to the placebo. These findings suggest that EGCG alone has the potential to increase fat oxidation in men and may thereby contribute to the anti-obesity effects of green tea. However, more studies with a greater sample size and a broader range of age and BMI are needed to define the optimum dose.

Green tea catechin consumption enhances exercise-induced abdominal fat loss in overweight and obese adults.
J Nutr. 2009 Feb; Maki KC, Reeves MS, Farmer M, Yasunaga K, Matsuo N, Katsuragi Y, Komikado M, Tokimitsu I, Wilder D, Jones F, Blumberg JB, Cartwright Y. Provident Clinical Research, Bloomington, IN 47403, USA.
This study evaluated the influence of a green tea catechin beverage on body composition and fat distribution in overweight and obese adults during exercise-induced weight loss. Participants (n = 132 with 107 completers) were randomly assigned to receive a beverage containing approximately 625 mg of catechins with 39 mg caffeine or a control beverage (39 mg caffeine, no catechins) for 12 wk. Our findings suggest that green tea catechin consumption enhances exercise-induced changes in abdominal fat and serum TG.