Drinking tea before effective weight loss exercise can improve fat metabolism

The mermaid line and vest line trend is popular, and how to reduce waist and abdominal fat has become an important indicator for weight loss this summer. Nutrition experts say that in addition to exercise, drinking tea containing catechins can increase the body's fat consumption rate, reduce the amount of fat and body fat in the waist and abdomen, and make it easier to achieve weight loss effects.

Drinking tea to absorb catechins accelerates the loss of abdominal fat

A study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition pointed out that the catechin component in tea drinks can substantially help improve fat burning efficiency during exercise. The study involved 12 healthy young people, who were asked to take catechins or a placebo before a 30-minute moderate-intensity cycling exercise. The results showed that taking catechins before exercise could increase fat energy consumption by 17% during exercise.

In addition, a study published in the Journal of Nutrition also showed that regular exercise of moderate intensity three times a week combined with drinking green tea can reduce total abdominal fat by about 7.4% and abdominal subcutaneous fat by 7% after 12 weeks, compared to regular exercisers.

What are catechins?

Liu Zhenfang, professor of the Department of Health and Nutrition at Taipei Medical University, said that when the human body exercises, the body will secrete norepinephrine, which will induce the operation of lipolytic enzymes through enzyme reactions, converting fat cells into the energy needed for exercise, thereby achieving the effect of burning fat. However, norepinephrine, which has the function of breaking down fat cells, is also easily broken down by an enzyme in the human body called COMT, affecting the fat consumption rate.

However, the catechins in tea can inhibit the activity of COMT enzyme, preventing norepinephrine from being affected, thereby maintaining the operating mechanism of fat metabolism and increasing the efficiency of fat burning through exercise. In addition, catechins also have the functions of regulating body fat and lowering blood cholesterol.

Mermaid line training plan: tea drinking and exercise

Healthy weight loss and fat burning methods cannot rely solely on drinking tea. Professor Liu Zhenfang pointed out that in addition to drinking tea 30 to 1 hour before exercise to increase the fat metabolism rate, exercise is still more important for losing weight.

Regarding the currently popular mermaid line and vest line, fitness coach Lei Mingcheng said that the key focus lies in the control of body fat percentage and subcutaneous fat. He recommends that the body fat percentage for men should be controlled at 15%, and that for women should be 20%, and excessive subcutaneous fat should be avoided.

Coach Lei Mingcheng reminds that those who sit for a long time usually have problems such as high body fat percentage, thick subcutaneous fat and insufficient muscle mass. If you want to exercise your mermaid line, you can start with moderate-intensity aerobic exercise three times a week. First, lower your body fat percentage and reduce the thickness of subcutaneous fat, and then strengthen your abdominal muscles with local muscle sculpting exercises.