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Does Tea Speed Up Your Bodys Metabolism

May 29, 2009 by Walt Sanberg  
Filed under Diet

Drinking tea is something the people of China have been doing for thousands of years. Recently in the states more and more people are starting to drink tea. There are all kinds of teas: black, white, green, red, jasmin, wu long, and oolong. Teas are known to help with weight loss and lower stress levels. The question does tea speed up your metabolism is most certainly an important one.

Green-tea for example is taken by many people for the benefits that it offers. One of which is that it can actually speed up the metabolism process. The metabolism rate increases at a tremendous rate, even if you do not change your food habit, you daily calorie burn out will be increased and you will be able to burn more weight. It also reduces your hunger so that you eat less and that way also you lose some weight.

A study held in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, showed that green teas really help burn 35 to 40% more calories every day. That is a huge amount of daily calories, so if you want to be slim and get rid of those extra fats, start drinking green. Another study showed that a person lost just double weight than a person who did not take green tea. So that’s enough to make anyone want to start drinking 4 to 6 cups of green-tea on a daily basis.

There has been research to conclude that tea does in fact raise your metabolism. There is another study going on currently that compares weight loss from people who take caffeine supplements to those who just drink tea. The tentative results say that the people who drank tea are losing more weight.

There are a number of teas found in the market today that are beneficial for your health and metabolism and each tea have their own unique properties. So when you want to increase your metabolism and shed a few extra pounds, then think about adding green tea, oolong-tea, white-tea or other low caffeine teas to your diet.

In addition to the information listed above tea also has the ability to protect you from diseases such as cancer and heart problems. Drink tea to improve your health.

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