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Researchers have just published a new study that concludes white tea could be a natural way to boost weight loss. Obesity is a huge health problem that contributes to morbidity and mortality from many different illnesses. White tea may be an ideal natural source of slimming substances.

The biological effects of an extract of white tea were studied and the results of the study show this herbal extract inhibits the generation of new human fat cells. Researchers also found that it stimulates fat mobilization from mature fat cells.

White tea is produced from the buds and first leaves of the same plant used to make the green tea and the black tea. Because white tea is processed less than the other teas it has been found to possess an abundance of natural compounds that researchers believe actively impacts human fat cells.