How Does Green Tea Cause Weight Loss?

Powerful polyphenols called catechins mediate green tea’s anti-obesogenic effects. According to numerous experiments, green tea catechins can arrest lipogenesis or fat creation in humans.

In a Taiwanese study, researchers were able to observe among 1103 adults that those who drank tea at least once a week for more than 10 years had 20% less body fat and 2% lower visceral fat compared to those who hardly consumed any tea. Likewise, a cohort study that followed 4,280 Dutch females for 14 years noted an inverse relationship between catechin intake and body mass index.

Numerous studies have probed into the various ways green tea consumption positively affects body weight. To keep the results from getting skewed participants were asked not to change their normal food intake or regular activities. Most of these studies made the same observation: that those who consumed catechin-rich green tea for 3 months not only lowered their bad cholesterol but also ended up slimmer in terms of body weight, waist and hip proportion, and body fat mass. Researchers also saw that catechins in green tea can aid in the nutritional prevention and treatment of modern, life-threatening diseases such as obesity.

It Enables You to Burn More Energy

The total amount of energy you burn if you did nothing but sleep all day is called resting energy expenditure (REE). It is the amount of daily energy your body spends in order to maintain basic biological functions. Some of this energy is used for heat production— thermogenesis. Thermogenesis is partially dependent on the food we eat. Some foods can induce greater heat production in the body than others. Foods that can increase your REE by way of increased body heat production are called thermogenic foods.

One French experiment found out that the daily administration of green tea capsules can cause an increase in REE by inducing thermogenesis. The 10 healthy male participants were all treated with green tea extract, caffeine, and placebo on separate occasions. They experienced a 4% increase in their REE after taking green tea capsules. This increase was not observed after taking caffeine or placebo.

In another study, 31 men and women were instructed to drink 3 servings of green tea a day. After three days, they experienced an REE increase of 4-8%, which is equivalent to 100 more calories burned per day. What the study strongly suggests is that green tea can deliver great weight loss results when habitually consumed in conjunction with a balanced diet and regular physical activity.

Green Iced Tea diet - is it so helpful?

Tea is the most commonly consumed beverage in the world after water. Green Tea, in particular. If you need to grab a drink when you're out, Green Ice Tea of any brand is the most convenient option. But there are some problem.

There's good evidence that Green Tea can be good for your health, but a bottle of iced tea is just another soft drink. Iced tea isn’t as healthy as it’s sometimes cracked up to be. First of all, ready-made Green Tea contains much lower levels of flavonoids than freshly brewed tea because it’s made from Green Tea extract, not from fresh brewed Green Tea. For example Lipton Ice Tea Green (made from Green Tea extract) contains 170mg of flavonoids per 500ml bottle and you'd get about 700mg of flavonoids from the same quantity of freshly brewed Green Tea. So you can’t get the same health benefits from iced tea diet as from a traditional cuppa.

The second problem is the plenty of sugar most brands do contain. All the brands of bottled Green Tea are heavily sweetened with either sugar or artificial sweeteners. It ranges from 7 to 11 or even more teaspoons of sugar per 500ml bottle. It’s not useful for your teeth and specially for your weight. If that's not enough some brands offer a diet Green Tea version sweetened with aspartame and ace-k. So you don’t enjoy pure Green Tea because of enjoying the very subtle flavor.But Green Tea is very good without sweetener of any kind and if you get real good tea (imported from China or Japan) you don't need to put anything else in it to make it taste better.

Is green tea good for loosing weight

As you know,  flour products make fat, and butter as well. And if you eat burgers full of fat on a daily basis it is not going to make you slim. Nothing beats a bit of exercise and a balanced diet (fruit, vegetable, some meat and Green Tea of course). But I think the problem is the term "diet". It must be lifestyle. A person has to live a lifestyle that is healthy. It may take awhile to change lifestyles but it is worth it. Sometimes, one of thing make us to change. That was Green Tea for me.

I drink Green Tea every day prefering  the diet lipton Green Tea with citrus flavors. Lipton Green Tea “Naturally contains protective antioxidants,” says the box. This is important because antioxidants can help the body protect itself against free radicals-molecules that can damage cells, I’ve been wrote about it early. I’ve something to add to benefits of Green Tea. Drinking this beverage, helps cleanse your digestive system. Green Tea, also helps lower your cholesterol levels, and helps lower the amount of fat absorbed by your stomache.
So Green Tea is good for weight loss. But how many cups would you need to drink a day to help you lose weight? It depends on your physic and the nature of your body. Start it with two per day one in the morning and one in evening… It would work.

Green Tea Sorbet (dessert lipton Green Tea recipe)
- 2 cups boiling water
- 8 Lipton Green Tea Tea bags
- 2 cups water
- 1-1/4 cups sugar
- 1/4 cup dark corn syrup
- 2 Tbsp. lemon juice

In Teapot, pour boiling water over Tea bags. Cover and brew 5 minutes. Remove Tea bags and squeeze. In medium saucepan, bring 2 cups water and sugar to a boil and boil 1 minute. Remove from heat. Stir in Tea, corn syrup and lemon juice. Pour into metal bowl; cover and refrigerate until well chilled, about 1 hour.  Process in ice cream machine according to manufacturer's directions. Makes 1 quart.