The Tea

Stop asking what burns fat. Ask whether it's one of the things. The internet has trained us to ask the wrong question. What burns fat? What boosts metabolism? What melts belly fat? What's the strongest? What's fastest? What's the newest thing? It's a trap. Because there is always another answer. Another ingredient. Another powder. Another protocol. Another 30-day challenge. Another molecule with a sexy mechanism and a graph pointing upwards. And some of them genuinely do something. That's the problem. The bullshit isn't always that the thing does nothing. Sometimes it does exactly what the study says it does. The...

You've seen the number. "Green tea increases fat burning by 17%." It's on supplement labels, in listicles, and behind a lot of fat-loss promises. The number is real. It comes from a real study. And as a fuel-burning effect, it's genuinely significant - more so than most things you can add to your day. What it doesn't mean is 17% off the scale. 17% is a real, significant shift in how much fat you burn during exercise - from green tea's own compounds, with no real trade-off. What it isn't is 17% more weight lost. Those are two different numbers,...

Every season, a new breakthrough. New study, new product, new thing you're apparently supposed to be taking. We built a scoring tool to cut through it — fast. Two axes, four verdicts, and a question the wellness industry never asks.

It can, but not for the reasons you've heard, and never on its own. What green tea actually does in your gut, what it doesn't, and what really moves the needle on bloating.