matcha and Increased Brown Adipose Tissue Activity

• Single intake of matcha increases brown adipose tissue activity in young women with low thermogenesis.

  • 2026-05-01
  • RCT · n = 30
  • Physiological reports 14(9)
  • • Hirokazu Taniguchi
    • Chisaki Hachikawa
    • Sana Iwase
    • Shinsuke Nirengi
    • Tomomi Nagahata

  • PubMed: 42068075
  • DOI: 10.14814/phy2.70896

  1 Insight on

  • Increased Brown Adipose Tissue Activity

  • High evidence

  Differences in maximal BAT activity between the matcha and placebo trials were significantly higher in the low activity group than in the other groups.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  Yes

  Dose

  3 g of matcha powder