Tip of the day: Green Tea for Weight Loss

Green tea has numerous health benefits. Drinking green tea on a regular basis can lower your risk of contracting cancer, cardiovascular dieseases and even lower your cholesterol as green tea has a high amount of anti-oxidants. Most importantly, green tea has a positive effect on weight loss. A glass of green tea after exercise will help you burn more fats.

How does green tea help weight loss?

In a American Journal of Clinical Nutrition study, it was found that green tea
extract resulted in a significant increase in metabolism, plus a significant effect on weight loss.
While weight loss was originally thought to be due to the caffeine in green tea, the
researchers discovered that green tea actually has properties that go beyond those that would be explained
by the caffeine

The same amount of caffeine in the green tea, administered alone, failed to achieve the same effects in the original study. This led reseachers to believe that there are ingredients inside green tea that promotes increased metabolism and weight loss.

How do I start using green tea to help with my weight loss?

You can start to incorporate green tea for best weight loss results by chooseing a reputable brand of organic green tea at a health food store or natural
grocery, and start by taking a cup of tea every day. Another popular method will be to use green tea extract, which can be available in powder or pill form.

Special tip #1 - Super Brewing

To increase the effects of green tea for weight loss, brew 2 packets instead of one and let it brew past its regular alloted time.

Special tip #2 - Drink it plain

Do not add honey, sugar, milk or other additives into your green tea. Such additives can actually negate the weight loss effects of green tea. For optimal weight loss, drink your green tea plain!

Special tip #3 - Tea over coffee

Green tea also has caffeine like coffee though much lesser. To make up for the lower amount of caffeine, you can drink more green tea to give you the energy boost. Green tea is also a lot more healthier than coffee!

Special tip #4 - Decaffeinated green tea

If you're not looking for an energy boost, you can opt for decaffeinated green tea instead. This is most helpful especially when drinking green tea at night for weight loss, and you worry the caffeine to keep you awake the whole night.

Is green tea harmful?

To date, there has been no harmful effects found for drinking too much green tea other than insomnia due to the slight amount of caffeine. 3-8 cups a day should not keep you up for the night! That's all for today!

Putting It All Together

Of course, going to the supermarket now to buy a few packets of green tea to superbrew will not have much effects on your weight loss without a proper diet and exercise routine. Taie the next step and learn how employing the calorie shifting principle will speed up your fat burning.