The aim of this study was to investigate the use of lotus leaf tea in preventing obesity. Forty eight mice were divided into three experimental groups: the control group (NM), which consisted of normal mice, was given a basic diet
an experimental group was given a high fat diet (OM) and an experimental group (POM) was given a high fat diet along with 15 mL of lotus leaf tea/kg body weight which they were to drink each day. The mice were weighed weekly, blood lipids were measured in the 6th and 9th weeks and histological samples of the liver and arterial tissues were taken in the 9th week. The results were statistically significant. The animals' weight and level of adverse blood lipids: triglycerides (TG), total cholesterol (TC) and low density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-C) of the POM sample were much lower than the OM sample and were equivalent the NM sample. The liver and arterial tissues of mice in the POM sample did not display elevated levels of TG, TC or LDL-C. This shows a positive association between the ingestion of 15 mL of lotus leaf tealkglday and obesity prevention in mice.