Does drinking Pu'er tea help you lose fat and lose weight? 3 health tips from a female Chinese medicine practitioner...

Do you like Pu'er tea? A domestic research team spent 10 years and finally found the key ingredient of Pu'er tea that helps with weight loss. The research results were published in an international journal a while ago, sparking discussions among Chinese people and making many people who are struggling to lose weight think, "Should I try drinking Pu'er tea to lose weight?" In this regard, Chinese medicine practitioners have some things to remind you!

Pu'er tea is a type of tea originating from Yunnan. Since ancient times, it has been endowed with many precious health values. One of them is its ability to remove oil and grease and help lose weight. This function has recently been scientifically confirmed. A research team from National Chung Hsing University in China has been conducting research since 2008 and has finally discovered a polyphenol component in Pu'er tea - hydrolyzed tannic acid tannin (strictinin) after 10 years of research. After concentrated extraction, it was used in mouse experiments and proved that it can effectively inhibit pancreatic lipase, slow down the decomposition and absorption of fat, and thus achieve the effect of burning fat and helping weight loss.

This research result was recently published in the Journal of Functional Foods and has attracted the attention of experts at home and abroad. Many people who are trying to lose weight are eager to try it themselves to see if drinking Pu'er tea can make them lose weight faster!

Be careful, there is a science to drinking Pu'er tea, and drinking it incorrectly may harm your body! Wu Liying, director of the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine at Changhua Yuansheng Hospital, reminds people that whether it is for fat loss or health preservation, they must first understand the following three things before drinking Pu'er tea to avoid negative effects on their health.

1. Pu'er tea extract ≠ regular Pu'er tea

"Hydrolyzed tannin" is just one of the many ingredients in Pu'er tea. Although it has been shown to have fat-burning and weight-loss effects in mouse experiments after extraction and concentration, if this experimental dose is converted to the average person's daily tea drinking volume, they may not be able to drink the same dose concentration even if their stomachs are bloated. Therefore, it is difficult to say that Pu'er tea will definitely help with weight loss and fat reduction.

Moreover, scientists have speculated that some ingredients in the Pu'er tea that ordinary people brew at home may interact with antibiotics or certain specific drugs and affect their efficacy. People must be careful when drinking Pu'er tea.

2. Choose ripe Pu'er tea

Pu'er tea can be divided into "raw tea" and "cooked tea". The characteristic of Pu'er raw tea is that the tea leaves do not go through the process of "piling" (artificial ripening and fermentation) during the processing. The tea color is lighter and the aroma is mellow. However, due to its cool nature and the fact that it contains more caffeine, tannic acid and polyphenols, people with weak constitution or suffering from stomach problems or poor stomach function should not drink it frequently.

As Pu'er ripe tea has an additional "piling" step in its manufacturing process, its color is darker, its aroma is richer, and its properties are also warmer. It is not only suitable for people with normal physiques, but also for some people with weak and cold physiques.

However, Chinese medicine practitioner Wu Liying reminded that in addition to choosing "ripe tea" when drinking Pu'er tea, people should also pay attention to the preservation of Pu'er tea. Improper storage environment may not only affect the taste of the tea, but may also breed mold and be harmful to your health!

3. Pu'er tea health care needs to grasp the timing

Chinese people have always believed that drinking tea can maintain health, but there are many types of tea. Chinese medicine practitioner Wu Liying recommends that you focus on Pu'er tea or black tea, which have a warmer nature. When drinking Pu'er tea, in addition to paying attention to the principles of suitability for physical condition and selecting cooked tea, you should also consider that Pu'er tea contains caffeine. In order to avoid hurting the stomach and interfering with sleep, it is recommended not to drink it on an empty stomach, but to drink it during the day or after meals.