Question

Green tea can help with weightloss

Answer 1

This article is from the National Library of Medicine(NLM) , a government runed website. This topic is widely talked about over multiple platforms.  I found an article from In a research article by Pen State (https://www.psu.edu/news/research/story/research-suggests-green-tea-exercise-boost-weight-loss-health) they state that “Research suggests that green tea, exercise boost weight loss, health” This was only done on rats and shouldn’t be applied to humans “It looks promising for people, but somebody will have to do this experiment with people to definitively show that green tea and exercise together have a beneficial effect in humans” they claim at the very end of the article. This is a reputable source yet this article can be somewhat misleading.

In a New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/24/well/green-tea-weight-loss-ozempic.html) talking about the question “Is Green Tea Really ‘Nature’s Ozempic’?”, a question stemming from tiktok. This shows how the use of green tea in weight loss has been highly exaggerated. The end of the NYT article suggests that we should not focus on supplements or diet and incorporate many other things into your weight loss journey.

 The NLM article is the most reputable source. It is very matter of fact and clarifies that green tea does aid in digestion it by itself does not have great effects.

Comments

I like how you pulled up a research article, as well as incorporating a New York Times article, a very reputable and reliable source, in regards to the correlation between green tea and weight loss. I admire the direct quotations from the Penn State University research article. Relating to the New York Times article, I feel like a lot of people who use Tik Tok find information that are deemed factual, so it was interesting that that article was prompted to delve into the idea that green tea is "nature's Ozempic."

Answer 2

The article in the original claim is from the National Library of Medicine, leading me to believe it is a reputable source, however, the article says, "Those in the green tea group lost on average 0.2 to 3.5 kg more than those in the control group over 12 weeks. In most studies, the weight loss was not statistically significant" immediately proving the claim wrong with the study that was cited. An article from Medical News Today says, "It is important to note that any benefits of green tea for weight loss are likely to be very small. The impact of green tea is not as beneficial as other healthy weight loss methods, such as exercise, that have far greater metabolic benefits", further proving that the claim is technically correct but has been proved insignificant due to the amount of change noted with green tea versus without. This claim is exaggerated and misleading.

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/320540#:~:text=A%20more%20recent%20review%20investigated,to%20be%20of%20clinical%20importance.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4025876/

Comments

Thank you for providing very credible sources to why this claim that green tea helps with weight loss is exaggerated and misleading. Your information clarifies with factual evidence from references that the statement made is quite insignificant.

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Great job pointing out that this claim is misleading and that the article that is linked in the post contradicts the claim being made! The information you provided from the linked article itself that disproves this claim, and the other information linked provides some much needed clarification on this claim. While this is technically correct information, it's not enough to be proven or clinically viable. Nice job!