1.01.2009

The Dietary Benefits Of Green Tea

Green tea seems to be the newest weapon to use with your weight control battles. Like other herbal teas you shouldn't need milk or sweeteners to help with the taste. It is just so simple to make, and if you replace your coffee with the green tea, you are replacing one bad with one really good beverage. Don't like green tea? Why not get the same benefits with green tea extract?

Research has shown that green tea helps to reduce weight by stimulating the body's thermogenesis process, which increases the expenditure of energy and the oxidization of fat in the body. Many compounds found in plants have this effect. The special thing about green tea is that it does not increase the heart rate, and is therefore believed to be safer than diet pills such as ephedrine that also work by stimulating thermogenesis.

Green tea does not put pressure on the heart so is very safe for many of the overweight people who have or at the risk of developing hypertension and other cardiovascular problems. If you are in this unsafe group then using diet pills, especially those that contain ephedra are not an option. Drinking green tea and exercising at a moderate level will trim your waist line. Body cleansing is another option.

There are only two ways to lose weight: one way is by eating less (consuming fewer calories) and the other is by increasing expenditure of energy (using up more calories). Green tea works by increasing output and this can be by around 4%. Most scientists believe that this is caused by the high quantity of catechin that is in the tea and its extract.

Green tea has the added benefit of containing powerful antioxidants that may be beneficial to your health in many ways, strengthening the immune system and protecting against disease.

For people are sensitive to caffeine green tea contains caffeine. It is also recommended that if one decides to take green tea it would be best to limit other forms of caffeine in their diet, such as other teas, coffee or caffeinated beverages such as pop. Do not choose caffeine free green tea as the chemical process that occurs to remove the caffeine destroys the benefits from the plant.

If you choose to use green tea to assist in weight loss keep in mind you will need to watch what you consume. You will not be able to eat more to allow for the calories burnt off by green tea, or you won't lose weight. By taking in less calorie along with the benefits of green tea in speeding up metabolism you will also feel more energy and over time lose weight. To speed up the weight loss by even taking in fewer calories and exercising weight loss can also be quicker.

Since green tea is accepted by everyone as a natural and safe food with added benefits of antioxidants and proven assist in weight maintenance or control. It can cheaply and easily be added to any weight loss program and can be taken in a variety of forms, such as tea, extract or tablets. The great benefit is it is inexpensive and easily to obtain.

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