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Drink green tea to lose weight for health

March 26, 2009 by Lyn Foong  
Filed under Weight Loss

Your home should only have green tea because it is the healthiest drink to have around. There may be a lot of hype about the benefits of green tea but these are all pretty justified because in truth, green tea is very healthy. In fact, green tea is probably one of the health secrets of the ancient Japanese. Now, studies revealed that green tea is also great for weight loss and not only health alone.

Nowadays, when we talk about green tea, people think about its weight loss benefits. So, the link between green tea and weight loss is pretty much common knowledge by now. So much so that a lot of weight loss programs and diets include green tea as one of the must have drink. Drinking green tea is always a better choice compared to any other drink if you don’t only want to drink water.

Green tea has become so popular in recent times because of its wonderful nutrients consisting of anti-oxidants and fat fighting agents. One of the easier and better ways to lose weight is to drink green tea daily. For those who balk at drinking the plain green tea, day in day out, be assured that there are now plenty of different flavored green tea to try out. Here are some of the benefits of green tea and why you should add it to your daily diet:

1.Green tea revs up your metabolic rate studies conducted by the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition have shown that green tea extract could increase your metabolic rate by 4%. This is attributable to the catechin polyphenols found in the green tea.

2. It seems that green tea can fight off fat by controlling your blood sugar level. Its catechins are able to stop your blood sugar level from skyrocketing after you eat and this ultimately resulted in your fat absorption slowing down. It then cut down insulin spikes, so your body won’t absorb fat.

3. If you need an appetite suppressant, green tea is a good one. This is because it regulates your blood glucose level and this will lead to a better control of your sugar cravings. With lesser sugar cravings, you won’t indulge that much in sweet stuff and high fat food. Instead, you may even have lesser appetite and eat less. With less food intake, it will mean you are consuming less calories and finally this will lead to weight loss.

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Green tea is good for health

March 24, 2009 by Lyn Foong  
Filed under Diet

If you are not a tea drinker, it is time that you start guzzling down gallons of this stuff and stop coffee. Of course, you will need to switch to the healthy tea, green tea, and not just any tea. Much as you love your coffee, you have to admit that green tea is very good for health. The health benefits of this wonder ancient Japanese tea has been broadcast everywhere that it is time you take note!

You must be doubtful of all the hype about green tea and its benefits. Well, as hard as it is to believe, you should not just think it was all merely hype and nothing as. Why not check it out on various research and health sites and you will find that all the evidence point to green tea bringing more benefits to human health than any other drink. Green tea keeps you strong, keeps you healthy and importantly, even helps you keep the extra pounds off. It contains a lot of antioxidants so green tea also helps you look young.

If you still do not believe that green tea is beneficial, here are some facts about green tea that you should know. Green tea contains high amount of polyphenols and catechins and these are the very components that help your body fight off diseases and illnesses. These are like little soldiers helping your body to keep you strong, fit and healthy with a glow to your skin.

Nowadays, there are a lot of research and studies that prove green tea extract will help you with your memory. It was found that green tea could reduce memory loss and works against the onslought of Alzheimer’s Disease. It is also found that green tea could prevent cancer and on top of that, give you skin that is youthful and smooth. If these reasons are still not enough to convince you to switch to green tea, read these:

Green tea has miraculous weight loss benefits and could even help you to lose up to 10lbs in a healthy weight loss diet.

Green tea can keep a tight rein on your glucose level so that it does not shoot up and this will help to keep your appetite low so that you don’t overeat which results in you reaching your weight loss goals sooner.

Green tea is a great cholesterol-buster and drinking it has been know to cut down fat and cholesterol in your system which is extremely good for your health.

And lastly, green tea does not taste weird or anything but now even comes in various different flavours and even in natural soda drinks! Best of all, if you really do not want to drink green tea, you could even get green tea extracts in pill form to swallow and still get the same benefits.

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