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The Green Tea Low Carb Diet

June 6th, 2007    Subscribe To Our Feed

What’s a green tea low carb diet? At its simplest, it’s just what it sounds like, you combine a low carbohydrate eating plan like Atkins, with drinking green tea. Studies have shown that green tea is an appetite suppression, and it also helps boost your metabolism.

One of the best ways to help yourself get healthy is to find a diet that really meets your needs. For some people, this means that something like a green tea low carb diet is going to get them on the right track for fitness, and the right track for their continued good health.

Going on a green tea low carb diet has many different parts. First of all, you are going to want to stick with the low carbs that you have probably already been experimenting with. This is something that you are going to want to think about because having a green tea low carb diet requires that your carb intake is much smaller. This is a good diet for most people, but not for everyone. You have to be sure that your body can handle the smaller amount of carbs in a green tea low carb diet so that you know it is going to be successful.

Also, the other part of the diet is to drink lots of green tea or to have green tea extract as part of your diet. The green tea low carb diet combines the idea of not having so many carbs with the idea of being able to get the health benefits that are associated with the green tea. Green tea has so many health benefits that adding them to the benefits found in a low carb diet can make just about the perfect diet for a lot of people.

Going on a green tea low carb diet isn’t something that you should just decide to do without talking to your doctor. You have to be sure that your body is going to benefit from this type of diet. So you have to do your research to make sure that this is going to be right for you. Even after you have researched it, you still want to talk to your doctor about your particular body and how it will react to the green tea low carb diet.

Oolong tea helps you to lose weight - new study

June 6th, 2007    Subscribe To Our Feed

“Scientists: Oolong tea helps you lose weight” reports on a new research study:

Scientists have proven that drinking tea can help people lose weight.

During a five-year study, researchers discovered five new genes related to obesity, which point to the cause of the condition. However they also found that the polyphenol compound in tea - especially Oolong tea - can help obese people battle the bulge.

Oolong is a traditional Chinese tea, tasting more like green tea than traditional black tea. Oolongs produced in the Wuyi Mountains of Fujian Province and in the Central Mountains of Taiwan are very popular.

Oolong tea leaves are rolled into long curly leaves or into balls like  gunpowder tea, and it’s widely available.

Green tea to lose weight - drink five cups a day

May 12th, 2007    Subscribe To Our Feed

“Lose weight fast!” reports:

Green tea: Drink five cups a day. Research shows this can burn a massive 80 calories a day! It is believed the antioxidant catechins in green tea boost the metabolism and help burn fat.

Chili sauce and mustard: These foods increase your calorie burning capacity by five to ten per cent for up to two hours after eating. This is because they contain capsaicin which speeds the metabolism, so if you enjoy hot food you’re in luck!

Low fat diary foods: These increase fat burning in the abdominal area. Because these foods are rich in calcium, which encourage the release of fat and also reduce the amount of the fat absorbed.

As more reports show that green tea helps you to lose weight, if you’re overweight, adding green tea to your diet can certainly help you to get slim and healthy.

Green Tea: Is Green Tea Good For You?

May 7th, 2007    Subscribe To Our Feed

The studies are in - green tea is officially good for you. It has many health benefits, especially if you drink five or more cups a day. Green tea seems to provide excellent benefits for your heart and cardiovascular system, your brain, and for weight control.

Many other claims have been made for the health benefits of green tea too, specifically as a protector against cancer.

Green Tea And Cancer - Is Green Tea Protective Against Cancer?

It’s tempting to believe that green tea can act as a protector against cancer, however the studies are mixed. While green tea does indeed have activity against cancer cells in the laboratory, much more research needs to be done. However, the antioxidants in green tea are very good for you, and are a good reason for switching to green tea from another beverage.

While researchers are still studying the benefits of green tea as a cancer preventative, they’re much more certain of the effects of green tea on your weight.

Green Tea And Weight Control - Can You Lose Weight With Green Tea?

Being overweight is dangerous to your health. One of green tea’s benefits is that it acts as an appetite suppressant, so if you’re losing weight, green tea will make the process much more comfortable, because you won’t be as hungry. You’ll feel better while you’re dieting because green tea contains catechins which increase the levels of the metabolism-boosting brain chemical norepinephrine.

Are There Any Dangers In Drinking Green Tea?

Green tea’s been a popular beverage in Asia for thousands of years, and there are no dangers in drinking it. However, don’t drink too much green tea in the late afternoon and evening, because the caffeine in green tea will keep you awake.

Green tea has many benefits, and if you’re considering adding it to your diet, rest assured that green tea is very good for you.

Green Tea And Weight Loss: Drink Yourself Slim And Healthy

May 3rd, 2007    Subscribe To Our Feed

Although it seems too easy, researchers conclude that drinking green tea is an excellent aid to weight loss, as well as being all-round good for you.

The research studies used green tea extract, which is a more concentrated form of green tea, but drinking the tea itself in between meals is a great substitute for a candy bar or chocolate. You get the uplift, without the calories.

How To Drink Yourself Slim With Green Tea

Green tea is an excellent appetite suppressant, and it’s especially useful if you’re trying to cut down on your portions, without going on a strict diet. Aim to drink a cup of green tea before each meal, and in between meals too, if you feel hungry. If you wish, you can add a jolt of skim milk to the tea, and if you’re very hungry, a teaspoon of honey.

You’ll find that you’re not hungry until the next meal - you may even forget to eat - but do ensure that you eat three meals a day, and a small snack. This is important to enhance your metabolism. If you skip meals, your metabolism slows, and this means that your body’s adjusting itself into starvation mode, and making your calories stretch. This is dangerous if you’re trying to lose weight.

Green Tea Varieties Prevent Boredom While You’re Losing Weight

There are many different varieties of green tea, all with a slightly different taste and effect.

Archaeologists report that tea has been a favorite beverage for 5000 years. In India, China, Japan and Thailand green tea has been used as a traditional medicine, used to control bleeding, heal wounds and regulate body temperature, as well as control blood sugar and ease digestion. Green tea is especially popular in Japan, where green sencha tea makes up 80 per cent of all tea consumed. It’s a high grade tea, which is steamed to prevent fermentation.

So don’t restrict yourself to the green tea brands you find in your supermarket. You’ll find varieties like “Gunpowder” green tea, in which the leaves have been rolled into pellets. Because the tea leaves are rolled, they retain more flavor and aroma.

Have fun exploring green teas - make your green tea diet exciting, and losing weight will be fun.

Resource: You’ll find Gunpowder Tea at Xtreme Herbs.

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