WANT TO BE THIN? — DRINK TEA

China scientists “prove” tea can help fight obesity

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BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese scientists have proved it — tea can help make you thin. Researchers spent five years studying obesity, with the focus on children, the China Daily said.

“They found that the polyphenol compound in tea — especially Oolong tea — can help obese people battle the bulge,” the newspaper said. “Scientists have proved that drinking tea can help people lose weight.”

“It has been confirmed that the continuous intake of Oolong tea contributes to enhancing the function of fat metabolism and to controlling obesity,” it says of a tea produced and consumed primarily in the southeast of the country.

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