Green tea extract boosts exercise endurance 8-24 percent, utilizing fat as energy source

Swimming endurance improvement comes from equivalent of four cups of tea a day over 10 weeks

Now that even baseball players may need to seek new, more natural performance aids, will Japanese green tea sets become standard in dugouts and athletic training tables around the world?
A new study tested the effect of regularly taking green tea extract (GTE) and found that over 10 weeks, endurance exercise performance was boosted up to 24% with 0.5% GTE supplementation, and 8% with 0.2% by-weight addition to food.

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<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news2849.html">Green tea extract boosts exercise endurance 8-24 percent, utilizing fat as energy source</a></p> <p><b><i>Swimming endurance improvement comes from equivalent of four cups of tea a day over 10 weeks</i></b> <br> <br>Now that even baseball players may need to seek new, more natural performance aids, will Japanese green tea sets become standard in dugouts and athletic training tables around the world? <br>A new study tested the effect of regularly taking green tea extract (GTE) and found that over 10 weeks, endurance exercise performance was boosted up to 24% with 0.5% GTE supplementation, and 8% with 0.2% by-weight addition to food.</p>