Green tea helps burn fat.
Drinking green tea before exercise could help burn fat. American scientists carried out studies on 12 healthy young men, who took either green tea extract (GTE), equivalent to 3.5 cups of tea, or placebo before taking part in cycling trials. Average fat oxidation rates were 17% higher in the green
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