Is white tea better than green for weight loss? Lately I’ve been hearing a lot about white tea for fat burn. I don’t know much about the stuff, and it’s harder to find at grocery stores. Is it really all that it’s cracked up to be?
White tea hasn’t been studied extensively as a weight-loss aid, but the latest news is promising: A study in the journal Nutrition & Metabolism shows that the tea inhibits the production of new fat cells and stimulates fat burn in existing fat cells. Since white tea is made from the buds and first leaves of the tea plant, it contains more epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) than green tea, which is made from older leaves. But it’s unclear if this difference is significant enough to make white tea a superior pick for slimming. My take: If you want to try white tea and happen to find tea bags at your local supermarket (Celestial Seasonings offers five varieties of white tea, $4 for 20 bags), by all means drink three cups daily. (Avoid processed bottled versions.) But if it’s easier to find green tea, go ahead and drink that—three cups daily is proven to help women shed up to five pounds a week.
