Tinevichy village

We made our blog writing about green tea and its benefits for your health.
Today I would like to tell about holiday (tourist village) opened recently. Its called "White Meadows" and situated in Belarus, Tinevichy (Тиневичи). How its related to the blog theme? There is a widest range of teas from all kind of herbs you can try.
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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.

What if five cups a day is too much for you?

So, we all know that natural green tea is extremely useful for our health. Drinking tea will help you to loose some pounds and lower cholesterol.

Green tea helps you to fight and slower aging due to its antioxidant effects.

Dont forget about its blood pressure control effect and fight against cancer. 

Consuming four to six cups of green tea tea will keep the doctor away, remember it!

But, unfortunately,  sometimes we just dont have enough time for proper brewing with a teapot and beautiful porcelain cups. And don't forget about caffeine that natural green tea have in some dosage. For some, they may be sensitive to this, and it may cause hyperactivity, anxiety, or insomnia. 

That's why I personally recommend you to drink one cup in the morning and one in the evening. And along with this there are awesome green tea extract in pills named Green Tea 500. To try it, just click the link below and order for yourself or your relatives. You will be surprised, how fast and effectively it works.

As for me, personally I drink about 4 cups of lipton tea a day, so I've ordered it for my very good friend. About a month ago. And then asked for the results. Maggie (my friend) said that the first effect is seen after a week after start. Its encreases energy and she lost about six pounds for this month just using Green Tea 500 and 2-3 cups of natural green tea a day.

Benefits of green tea

For fortune-tellers, gazing into tea leaves reveals the future. For tea-drinkers, the leaves of certain teas may be harbingers of a healthier future. Aside from herbal or fruit-infused teas, most teas come from the leaves of the same tea bush, Camellia sinensis. The benefit of each kind of tea from the Camellia sinensis depends upon when and where the leaves are harvested and how their properties are brewed or extracted. To get to the truth about tea, we need to gaze into the leaves a bit, too. Is any other food or drink reported to have as many health benefits as green tea? The Chinese have known about the medicinal benefits of green tea since ancient times, using it to treat everything from headaches to depression. In her book Green Tea: The Natural Secret for a Healthier Life, Nadine Taylor states that green tea has been used as a medicine in China for at least 4,000 years. Since old times, Chinese are using green tea health benefits as medicine to treat everything from simple headaches to depression. Today, many scientific researches have provided enough evidence for the health benefits of the green tea drinking. To sum up, here are just a few medical conditions in which drinking green tea is reputed to be helpful:

• cancer
• rheumatoid arthritis
• high cholesterol levels
• cariovascular disease
• infection
• impaired immune function

Read the leaves: Green tea reigns as the current health superstar of teas. Young leaves of the Camellia sinensis bush are harvested to make green tea, then steamed, dried, and rolled. When brewed, the leaves yield a delicate, grassy flavour. Tons of varieties exist, infused with different flavours, like fruit or toasted rice. Some kinds are handled differently, as with the "gunpowder" variety, in which the leaves are rolled into balls that look like gunpowder pellets used in cannons.

Harvest the benefits: Tea from the Camellia sinensis family contain catechins, a type of antioxidant that can protect cells in the body from oxidative damage that may lead to cancers. Because it goes through less processing than other tea types, green tea contains a higher amount of a certain kind of catechin called EGCG.

EGCG is at the heart of numerous scientific studies researching green tea's potential medical uses and health benefits. Some of its suspected uses include:

• helping to maintain healthy weight
• slowing the growth of some cancers and lowering risks of others
• reducing inflammation associated with rheumatoid arthritis and Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis
• reducing the risk of death from cardiovascular disease

Is all this a tempest in a teacup? Can green tea live up to all of its hype? Most people don't drink enough to get the kinds of results seen in research studies, in which highly dense extracts of green tea may be used. Still, risks of cardiovascular disease and prostate cancer were found to be drastically reduced when people drank 5 cups per day (one cup of green tea provides 20-35 mg of EGCG). Drinking 5 cups of green tea each day may work for some, but even one or two a day may give you some of the green tea benefits.

What makes green tea so special?

The secret of green tea lies in the fact it is rich in catechin polyphenols, particularly epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG). EGCG is a powerful anti-oxidant: besides inhibiting the growth of cancer cells, it kills cancer cells without harming healthy tissue. It has also been effective in lowering LDL cholesterol levels, and inhibiting the abnormal formation of blood clots. The latter takes on added importance when you consider that thrombosis (the formation of abnormal blood clots) is the leading cause of heart attacks and stroke.

Let these ideas steep

Keep the following in mind as you decide whether to add some tea to your days:

• Tea may contain less caffeine than coffee, but it is caffeine nonetheless. Caffeine has been linked to high blood pressure and can trigger symptoms of conditions, including heartburn and headaches.
• The tannins in tea may interfere with or decrease the effectiveness of some medications. Ask your doctor or pharmacist whether your medications can mix with green tea.
• The tannins may also hinder iron absorption.
• Women who are pregnant should not drink large amounts of green tea. EGCG can interfere with neural tube development.
• Mixing tea with citrus may up its antioxidant strength.
• To get the most of tea's benefits, drink it freshly brewed, rather than bottled. Let tea steep for a few minutes to release the catechins.

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.

Compare health benefits of Green tea and Black tea!

here are mainly 4 types of teas...

1.Green

2. Black

3. White

4. Oolong (all come from same botanical source camellia sinensis)

Green tea is steamed and dried. Black tea is further fermented in which it is broken down chemically before drying, making it processed of all..! The less the tea is processed ,the less is caffeine and the more is anti-oxidants and nutrients. Black tea has caffeine twice as much as green.

Health Benefits of green tea are as follows..

1. Because of anti-oxidants it strengthens your immune system and elevate your overall state of health. Antioxidants act as antidote and control the impact of pollution,pesticides and stress on our body. They also fight the growth of cancer cells,limit tissue damage and rejuvenate after treatment like chemotherapy.

2. It lowers cholestrol, de-clogs blood vessels and reduces the risk of heart disease and strokes.

3.It helps you to loose weight by increasing metabolism.4. It is pleasant for teeth and bones and also has nutrients like magnesium, potassium, calcium, manganese and vitamins C and K.

Remember! - Four to six cups of green tea will keep a doctor away.. Lets drink it to our health!