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Summary - Tea is great, has antioxidants but effects on weight loss are minimal. Wuyi tea is the same as Oolong tea which you can buy at the grocery store and other places you'd buy tea. It costs around $2-$3 for a box but I've heard there are infomercials trying to sell it closer to $30. Don't be fooled.
While not specifically referencing Wu-Yi Tea, Craig Ballantyne posted a very interesting article a few weeks ago about green tea in general:
Green Tea Diet Pill Scam
Time to expose the Green Tea Diet Pill scam.
Green Tea is a very healthy drink, but it does NOT cause weight loss. So all those ads you see in on the Internet are a scam. It's not the magic pill it is claimed to be. Sorry to burst your bubble.
Researchers from Taiwan randomized 78 overweight women into 2 groups for the 12 week study. One was a control group, while the other group received Green Tea extract (491 mg catechins containing 302 mg EGCG - epigallocatechingallate).
Reference
Hsua, C-H., et al., Effect of green tea extract on obese women: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial. Clinical Nutrition, 27(3), 2008.
This level of EGCG exceeded the amount given to subjects in a past Green Tea extract study that showed an increase in metabolism. So if Green Tea was to work for weight loss, than this study would prove it.
However, for folks who are praying that Green Tea is a miracle weight loss solution, the results were disappointing. There was only a 0.3% reduction in BW (0.15 kg) after 12 weeks of treatment with GTE, and that was not a significant improvement over time or better than the placebo group.
Fortunately, the Green Tea extract did improve health by reducing LDL cholesterol and triglycerides, while increasing HDL ("good cholesterol"). The placebo group only had a significant reduction in triglycerides.
So the bottom line is this. Green Tea is healthy, but doesn't cause fat loss, which is something that I've said ever since I read the original "metabolism boosting" research study.
There's no such thing as a magic pill for weight loss. So forget about the easy way out.
Once you accept that burning fat is a difficult task, and that it requires planning and following a proven, structured workout program, only then will you get results.
Please do not purchase this product from the internet company. It is a scam, I purchased it and had to cancel my bank card so they would not continue to charge me monthly fees. Please read the reports on the following link before making a purchase, it will save you much time and energy. Please google "Rip-off Report: Wu Yi Tea Source diet" and read all the customer complaints.
I drank that tea because it reduces your cravings for junk food. I also like the taste alot. I have drunk it and kept my weight down when i was drinking it.
I got this off the internet, and haven't used it yet.
I plan on starting tomorrow. It says in the pamphlet that comes with the tea that it doesn't cause the weight loss, it accelerates your energy level...I was thinking that is what green tea does in general?
Either way, I got a free trial ox, it is supposed to last 75 days. They also include diet and exercise tips, and tell you that you will lose much more weight if you drink the tea as a supplement, not as a solution.
Wu-Yi is an oolong tea, NOT green tea. They're not one and the same. Oolong is combination of fermented and non-fermented tea.
I've tried the Wu-Yi tea and regular oolong. Both did exactly the same thing for me, which was to boost my energy and slightly suppress my appetite.
Green tea is a subcategory of type tea and its from my understanding that Oolong (which I said Wu-Yi is) is a type of green tea. There are hundreds of types of green teas and even mixtures of green/black and green/white.
When I was in China, it was amazing how many types of green teas were available along with white teas. We went to tea shops and did flavor testings of various teas and each had its own subtle flavor. So "Green Tea" is not just one type of tea but a master category of types of teas.
Of course if you are really into teas, you can get into specifics but most people know tea in terms of black, green, white and herbal.
Wu-Yi Tea
