Last updated: September 2026 Unsweetened brewed tea has well under 1 gram of carbohydrate per cup — closer to a rounding error than a nutrition-label line item. Loose-leaf tea is dried leaf steeped in hot water, and only...

Plain loose-leaf tea does not break an intermittent fast — and the fasted stomach is where its catechins absorb best. One crossover trial measured plasma EGCG 2.7 times higher on an empty stomach than with breakfast. Here is...