Weight Loss and Health Benefits of Pu-reh Tea

Many people have heard about the “new” craze in weight loss. Pu-erh tea is being touted as a powerful weapon for those who wish to drop pounds, and medical research suggests that it has additional health benefits, as well. Ironically, this “new” discovery is actually over 2000 years old!

 Pu-Reh tea has been grown and processed in China for reaching as far back as the year 202 BCE. Historically, the tea leaves were hand-picked and then either immediately pressed into tea cakes and sold as “raw” or “green” pu-erh, or put through a fermenting process. Historically, the fermentation was created by taking the green tea cakes and storing them for up to 100 years. In 1975 the Kunming Tea Factory developed a much faster fermentation process that remains in use today.

Modern pu-reh tea is hand-picked, and then spread out to dry. Each day the leaves are turned, splashed with water then covered with a cloth. After 40 to 40 days the fermentation process is complete, and the tea is then fully dried and pressed into cakes for shipping and storage.

The Chinese have used pu-reh tea for centuries to treat “internal dampness.” This condition is thought to be a buildup of excessive internal energy created from an inability of the spleen to process energy that is received from the stomach. Other uses are weight loss, improving blood circulation, removing toxins from the body, curing dysentery and treating hangovers.

Medical researchers have taken interest in the health benefits of pu-reh tea, and multiple studies have suggested that the tea contains powerful chemical compounds that can improve health in a variety of ways. One study by the Wun-Shan Branch Tea Research and Extension Station in Taiwan looked at the effects of various types of tea on cholesterol levels. The study compared both the HDL-C (good cholesterol) and LDL-C (bad cholesterol) levels of lab rats when given green, black, oolong and pu-reh tea leaves. The results showed that the animals that consumed the cooked (fermented) pu-reh tea experienced significant increases in their levels of “good” cholesterol and reductions in their levels of “bad” cholesterol.

Human studies also suggest that pu-reh tea has the ability to markedly reduce cholesterol. A study at Kunming Medical College in China looked at 86 participants, all of whom had high cholesterol. Researchers gave 55 of the participants a daily regimen of pu-reh tea three times per day. The remaining 31 patients were given a cholesterol reducing drug. At the completion of the two month study, participants who consumed the pu-reh tea experienced a reduction in their blood cholesterol levels of 64.29%, as compared to the reduction of 66.67% experienced by the drug. The conclusion: all-natural pu-reh tea has a comparable effect on cholesterol levels as that of using a synthetic drug.

In this article we have focused on research that supports long-held beliefs about the health benefits of pu-reh tea. However, there are other natural products that also enhance health and aid in weight loss. In particular, green tea, oolong tea and raspberry ketones have all been shown to be powerful tools for anyone who wants to lose weight in a healthy, natural way while also improving their overall health.

Advanced Formula Tea Tone Plus combines the benefits of pu-reh, green and oolong tea extracts and raspberry ketones in one powerful, all-natural supplement. Not only is it more convenient to choose a combined supplement, it is also significantly less expensive than sourcing all four of these ingredients individually. Furthermore, the combination of these four potent components allows them to work in a synergistic manner, actually increasing the potency of each individual ingredient.