SAN DIEGO (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Doctors routinely prescribe weight loss, exercise and a healthy diet to fight Metabolic Syndrome X. Researchers are studying another combative measure. A derivative of the green tea leaf may help with Metabolic Syndrome X, a potentially deadly disorder.
Metabolic Syndrome X is the term used to describe a group of heart disease risk factors, including high levels of abdominal fat, bad cholesterol, high blood pressure, and abnormal glucose metabolism. Also known as Insulin Resistance Syndrome, Metabolic Syndrome X is thought to occur in people with a family history of type 2 diabetes. Researchers say excessive caloric intake is one of the root causes.
Chinese researchers found Tegreen, a tea product, improves glucose and lipid metabolism, enhances insulin sensitivity and balances the metabolic rate of fat deposit and fat burning in obese rats.
Researchers studied 44 female rates divided into four groups. The first group received a normal diet and a normal-diet placebo. The second group received a high-calorie diet and a high-calorie diet placebo. The last two groups were given Tegreen at doses of 25 mg/kg or 75 mg/kg.
Investigators found blood sugar decreased by 21.5 percent for the group given the low dose of Tegreen and decreased 15.7 percent for the group given the high dose. Fat relative to body weight also decreased 11.9 percent in the low-dose group and decreased 21.6 percent in the high-dose group.
Source: Ivanhoe Newswire: Experimental Biology 2003, San Diego, April 11-15, 2003.
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