In summary, chronic administration of short-time tea decoctions
(15-min GTD or 15-min BTD) during 10-weeks, dramatically
reduced lipid digestion, lowering liver and blood lipids,
adipose tissue mass and body weight gains in rats fed HFD. The data
showed a higher efficiency of BTD compared to GTD, which confer
to these traditional cooking beverages, rich in TPC mostly EGCG and
TFs as well as caffeine, a natural alternative in the prevention of
obesity.