Football's secret 'Ozempic'? Trendy herbal tea loved by South American 星／主役にするs like Lionel Messi could have slimming 影響, 専門家s say

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Oozing an earthy smell and packing a bitter aftertaste strong enough to make you want to 注ぐ it 負かす／撃墜する the 沈む, you'd be forgiven for assuming mat? is your 普通の／平均（する） herbal tea.

But the powerful brew ? loved in Argentina, where it's more popular than coffee ? cannot be compared to 正規の／正選手 green teas 在庫／株d in British supermarkets.

支持するs argue it's got miraculous 負わせる loss 影響s, with 販売人s 誇るing that it 所有するs the 二塁打-whammy of making you feel 十分な quicker and revving up your metabolism to 涙／ほころび through fat.?

And there might be some truth to the （人命などを）奪う，主張するs, 専門家s say.

Perhaps fuelling its 超大国 （人命などを）奪う，主張するs is that, seemingly from out of nowhere, mat? (pronounced ma-teh) has become a 'footballer's best friend', in the words of Argentina's own 観光旅行，事業 board.?

Lionel Messi is 井戸／弁護士席 known for his love of mate tea and is often seen drinking it around games

The 伝統的な South American hot drink, made from the Yerba mate 工場／植物, is 負担d with antioxidants and has as much caffeine as coffee

Lionel Messi, arguably the sport's greatest ever player, has become somewhat of an 外交官／大使 of the drink, often 地位，任命するing pictures of him with a freshly-brewed マリファナ ? いつかs even 完全にする with the bombilla (a special, metal straw that 'filters' the brew from the ground up leaves of the yerba mate 工場／植物 itself).

Such is his 否定できない pulling 力／強力にする that even footballing icon David Beckham?? co-owner of 36-year-old Messi's 現在の club の間の Miami?? was swayed into giving it a go...?

Weeks after 安全な・保証するing the Argentine World Cup 勝利者's 署名, Beckham 地位，任命するd on Instagram a picture of himself sipping mat? through a bombilla with the caption: 'If it's good enough for Leo.'

It's not just Messi, though. Compatriots Angel Di Maria and Sergio Aguero are also said to be mat? lovers, as are Uruguayan 星／主役にするs Luis Suarez and Edinson Cavani and European players like Antoine Griezmann and Paul Pogba.?

The 推論する／理由 for Suarez and Cavani's 消費 is obvious.?Gourds ? the コンテナ mat? is brewed in ? are commonplace in homes across Uruguay, Paraguay and parts of Brazil, Bolivia and southern Chile.?

The tea also drank by Sergio Aguero, pictured, has become a 'footballer's best friend', in the words of Argentina's own 観光旅行，事業 board

But now it's cropping up all over Europe, fuelled by the 影響（力） of South American footballers.?

Ex-刺激（する）s defender Eric Dier, a once 正規の／正選手 指名する on England's team-sheet, 明らかにする／漏らすd he was a 'bit （麻薬）常用者d' to?mat? in the run-up to the 2018 World Cup in Russia, 説 the Argentine 次第で変わる／派遣部隊 embedded within Tottenham (含むing the then-経営者／支配人 Mauricio Pochettino) had got him 麻薬中毒の. Team-mate Dele Alli?was also a fan.?

So, is it really a footballer's 'secret 武器'? And will mat? give you a much-needed 上げる??

十分な of caffeine, it gives a 類似の energy 上げる of coffee, with around 80mg of punch for every 150ml. Unlike with coffee, however, 支持するs typically say they don't feel the same '衝突，墜落' after drinking mat?.

同様に as getting an energy 上げる, swapping your morning cup of joe for mat? may also help you shed a few 続けざまに猛撃するs.??

David Beckham has also 株d images of himself drinking the green drink to social マスコミ

研究員s in Brazil?in 2019 said the green drink has 'anti-obesit y' 所有物／資産／財産s.?

一方／合間, one 2015 South Korean 熟考する／考慮する 設立する overweight people who took yerba mat? 要約する／（宇宙ロケットの）カプセルs each day could lose up to 1.5lbs (0.7kg).

Other papers have 暴露するd 類似の 利益s. For instance, a 2018?熟考する／考慮する?in Norway 実験（する）d the 補足（する） on 11 male cyclists and 設立する it 増加するd the 量 of fat burnt when 演習ing.

But although packed with antioxidants and other 興奮剤s, the 負わせる loss 影響s of mat? could also be 予定 to the caffeine, によれば dietitian Dr Duane Mellor, of Aston University.?

He said: 'There is a 熟考する／考慮する published which looked at 演習 関係のある fat metabolism, using young people who were considered to have a healthy 団体／死体 負わせる.?

'They were given a placebo or yerba mate tea (1,000mg) which 含む／封じ込める about 1.5 per cent caffeine.

'Caffeine is known to support fat metabolism during 演習 and it is 不明瞭な if it is the tea or the caffeine in and 追加するd to the 要約する／（宇宙ロケットの）カプセル that is having the 影響.'?

十分な of caffeine, it gives a 類似の energy 上げる of coffee, with around 80mg of punch for every 150ml

Caffeine does this by raising levels of adrenaline, which 促進するs the 決裂／故障 of fatty tissue.?

Mat? is also rich in polyphenols ― powerful 構内／化合物s in fruit and veg that, some 熟考する／考慮するs 示唆する, 上げる metabolism.

Dr Mellor said: 'There are many （人命などを）奪う，主張するs linked to natural caffeine and antioxidants which also are 設立する in 正規の／正選手 tea and coffee.?

'The problem with （人命などを）奪う，主張するs about antioxidants is these are often 貧しく 吸収するd by our 団体／死体s, so the 影響s seen in the lab cannot be replicated in the same way in our 団体／死体s.'

Unless you really enjoy drinking mat?, there might not be much 利益 if you go to the gym and eat healthily anyway.

'The healthy diet and 演習 will do almost all the work in helping someone to lose 負わせる, it might be something someone believes will help, but the 現実に 影響 will be 極小の,' Dr Mellor said.?

'The important thing is to 焦点（を合わせる） on the 全体にわたる healthy balance of your diet and 演習.'