Can Pu 'er tea lose weight? unreliable

What are the ingredients in Pu 'er tea? Pu 'er tea is a post-fermented tea made by fermentation of green tea by bacteria and belongs to the black tea category. Therefore, the ingredients of Pu 'er tea and green tea are actually very similar, and both contain rich flavonoid antioxidants, such as tea polyphenols, catechins, etc. However, due to different processes, the antioxidants in Pu 'er tea are slightly different. For example, green tea contains more EGCG (epigallocatechin gallate, the highest content of catechins), while Pu' er tea contains less EGCG. In addition, tea also contains more caffeine.

Some people say that the caffeine in tea can make people excited, and when excited, it can help lose weight. Caffeine is exciting, the body's basic metabolic energy consumption increases, exercise ability is enhanced, and the energy consumption will be more, but it has little impact on basic metabolism. Therefore, the caffeine in tea cannot help you lose weight.

Others say that antioxidants in tea, such as tea polyphenols, catechins, EGCG and other substances, can help lose weight. As early as the 1980s, Japanese scholars first published research that found that Pu 'er tea could help reduce the weight of abdominal tissue in high-fat mice. Later, many animal experiments found that antioxidants such as tea polyphenols, catechins, and EGCG may play a role in inhibiting obesity by affecting the physiological