Abstract

Obesity has become a fast growing epidemic in developing countries, as well as in some of the developing countries. Drinking Chinese tea has been demonstrated to have multiple beneficial effects to obese patients. It showed strong effect in reducing body fat and lowering blood sugar. This article tested the effect of instant Pu-erh ripe tea on weight loss in diet-induced obese (DIO) mice. The results demonstrated that instant Pu-erh ripe tea was be able to reduce the mouse weight dose-dependently. Its effect is stronger than that of L-carnitine, a weight loss drug currently on the market. Instant Pu-erh ripe tea also accelerated lipid metabolism and eased the high-fat diet-induced liver injury.

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