Wu-Yi Tea is getting a ton of press these days and as such, it’s likely that you’ve come across advertisements for it in one shape or form lately.

We’ve had a significant number of inquiries here at Diet-411 from you about this product and its veracity as a weight loss aid – so we decided to prepare this in-depth report on it for you.




So first, let me say to DO NOT BUY ANY WU-YI TEA!... at least until you get a chance to read this entire report because I'm sure you’ll find it to be eye opening and informative!


Wu-Yi Tea… Big Hype or Real Hope?

It appears that Wu-Yi Tea has become one of the latest diet miracle products. At least that’s what it’s more ardent promoters would have you believe.

Background:
What’s interesting is that despite its almost spontaneous appearance on the North American weight loss scene over the last 12 months, Wu-Yi Tea has actually been used by the Chinese as a beverage and in Traditional Chinese Medicine for hundreds of years.

The popularity of Wu-Yi tea is largely driven by its most often touted benefit of helping people to lose weight.

Wu-Yi and Wu-Long are just of couple of the many brand names for what is generally known as oolong tea. There are many varieties of oolong tea of which Wu-Yi is one.

Wu-Yi tea is one of the most famous and gets its name from the Wuyi Mountain region in the Fujian Province of China where authentic Wu-Yi tea is harvested.


Does it Wu-Yi Tea actually work to reduce body fat?

The Research:
For centuries the Chinese have believed that Wu-Yi tea is helpful in reducing and/or maintaining weight.

An easy to understand summary of the teas effect on the body can be viewed here but ultimately the theories are that it increases metabolism and/or inhibits fat adsorption in the body.

These beliefs were put to the test in the following studies. Click the respective headline links to review the studies:

1) American Society for Clinical Nutrition - 1999

Title: Efficacy of a green tea extract rich in catechin polyphenols and caffeine in increasing 24-h energy expenditure and fat oxidation in humans.
This study focused on the benefits of Green Teas of which family Wu-Yi Tea belongs.

2) Japanese Study - April 2001

Title: Oolong tea fights fat and cholesterol

3) USDA Study - 2003 A PDF summary can be downloaded here.

4) Chinese Study conducted in 2003

Title: Oolong tea increases energy metabolism in Japanese

5) Japanese study - conducted in 2004

Title: Suppressive Effect of Oolong Tea Polymerized Polyphenols-enriched Oolong Tea on Postprandial Serum Triglyceride Elevation

The Verdict Is In!... and it's great news.

But don't buy that tea just yet.

It seems pretty clear from the research we could find that Green Tea has significant health benefits and that Wu-Yi Tea specifically may have even greater benefits in the areas of increasing energy and aiding in weight loss.

Additionally, Wu-Yi tea delivers these benefits without demonstrating any negative side effects.

The Next question then becomes…  Is Wu-Yi Tea truly in scarce supply?

Many of the more aggressively promoted brands of Wu-Yi tea stress that the tea is in very scarce supply and that you’d be one of the fortunate few if you managed to acquire some.

The common sales pitch that you’ll find on many websites goes something like this…

“Our company has access to an exclusive source for a special Wu-Yi tea that helps you burn fat effortlessly and melts the pounds right off you.”

You’ll also find that numerous dubious written testimonials are peppered throughout the website, followed by a list of benefits attributed to their brand of tea, a warning that the tea is only available in limited supply and finally reasons as to why their tea is superior to any other brand.

We wanted to understand how true the scarcity assertion actually is.

If you Google "Wu-Yi tea, lose weight, diet, Oolong tea, etc." you will find an abundance of suppliers for the tea. Ad to that the fact that you can buy it on EBay, Amazon and at your local Chinese Grocery store for between $5.00 to $10.00 a box and I feel confident in saying that Wu-Yi tea is not in short supply.

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