October 4/College Station, Pa./Obesity -- It can be sold as dried leaves or included in bottled beverages and dietary supplements, but no matter how green tea comes packaged, its antioxidant load is thought to improve metabolic health and reduce inflammation. Recently, researchers at Penn State University announced that a green tea-based compound appears to slow weight gain in laboratory mice.
A study appearing in the journal Obesity stated that when fed epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG), mice gained weight 45% slower, even when given a high-fat diet.