Tagged: polyphenols
Oolong Raised a Gut Bacterium in Mice, Lowered It in People
One lab found oolong tea raises Megamonas in obese mice and lowers it in healthy humans. A separate cohort links the same bacterium to obesity through a named mechanism. Four studies, one genus, no agreement on what it does.
The oolong weight-loss trials measured hours of fat-burning, not pounds
No systematic review of oolong and weight loss exists, only two small human trials. Here is what those trials, and the closest systematic review that does exist (green tea's), actually measured, in kilograms, not adjectives.
The Oolong Diabetes Trial Everyone Cites Had One Funder
A 2003 trial found oolong tea cut blood sugar by nearly a third in diabetic patients. It was run by a beverage maker's own research lab, the one independent repeat found nothing, and a large cohort found the opposite. Here is what actually holds up.
Oolong and Health
What the published research on oolong tea actually measures, not what the label copy claims. The trial and cohort evidence on the heart, blood sugar, weight, and bone, how partial oxidation changes the chemistry those trials test, and how to read a small positive trial against a large null one.
Oolong Polyphenols
The compound family behind color, astringency, and every published health claim. What catechins, theaflavins, and thearubigins actually are, structurally, and what partial oxidation does to each before the leaf ever reaches a cup.