Green Tea After Dinner

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Where Im from (West Pakistan), there is an old tradition of serving Green Tea after dinner, which is meant to burn the oil & help with digestion.

From what I have read, we should drink liquids before the meal, not after.

Is there is scientific proof that green tea has any benefits, when taken after a meal? Shouldn't we be drinking it before rather than after?

I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because this is off topic since our scope change, but is being preserved. — JohnP, Dec 20 '18 at 19:13

score 5 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 04 '16 at 05:07

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Green tea has thermogenic properties and promotes fat oxidation beyond that explained by its caffeine content per se. If green tea extract are drunk during the meal there is a proved effect of it on fat oxidation.

Efficacy of a green tea extract

edited Apr 04 '16 at 05:07

YviDe

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answered Apr 02 '16 at 11:56

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Thank you for the answer. BTW, the link doesnt open correctly (Firefox latest here) – Kayote Apr 03 '16 at 16:08
The link works for me but as an option here is an another link to the article http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10584049 – bantandor Apr 04 '16 at 07:36
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@bantandor it works now because I edited it :) – YviDe Apr 04 '16 at 12:47

Green Tea After Dinner

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