White Tea can Increase Fat Burning
Tuesday, October 13th, 2009White tea is made from the buds and early leaves of the same plants used to make green and black teas. So it’s likely that the white stuff offers some of the benefits of other shades of tea; they boost the immune system, improve attention span and lower the risk of heart attack, some cancers, stroke and Parkinson’s disease, to name a few.
In fact, white tea may even contain extra benefits. Since it is less processed than green or black tea, it has more of some tongue-twisting but body-loving compounds, like epigallocatechin-3-gallate (which helps muzzle aging free radicals) and methylxanthines (theobromine and caffeine). Both have been found to help increase fat-burning.
Two to three cups of any of these disease-fighting teas — iced or hot — is enough to reap the benefits. If caffeinated teas upset your stomach, throwing a bag of peppermint or ginger tea in with your brew may keep things settled.
from Cleveland.com