Black tea is arguably the most popular tea in the world as it accounts for approximately 84% of the tea consumed. However, even with its massive popularity, green tea has more health benefits compared to black tea and its popularity is now becoming widespread. One of these benefits is weight loss. Yes, drinking green tea on a regular basis can help shed those extra pounds real fast.
In fact, several studies have revealed the antioxidants (flavonoids and catechins) and caffeine in tea have the potential to increase your metabolism, increase the rate of fat oxidation, and improve insulin sensitivity (insulin resistance is linked to weight gain).
How Green Tea Helps with Weight Loss
Green tea helps with weight loss in a number of ways.
• Green Tea Contains Fat Burning Substances
Green tea is packed with substances that improve your body’s fat burning ability. It contains bioactive substances such as caffeine. Although it contains a fewer amount of caffeine than black tea, it’s still enough to reduce your weight.
Caffeine is a well-known stimulant that increases body energy levels, aids in fat and calorie burning and improves exercise performance. Studies indicate that drinking caffeine with meals can increase the calories spent metabolizing the meal by around 10%.
Green tea is packed with antioxidants known as catechins. Epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) is the most important catechin in green tea as it helps boost metabolism. Boosting metabolism results to increased fat burning. They also prevent fat accumulation in the body and increase body temperature, so you burn more calories.
• Green Tea Encourages Fat Removal from Fat Cells
The active chemicals in green tea boost the effects of some fat burning hormones. EGCG for example inhibits the enzyme that breaks down norepinephrine, the hormone that’s used by the nervous system to signal fat cells to break down fat. Increased levels of norepinephrine of course lead to more fat burning in the fat cells.
Both the EGCG and caffeine encourage fat burning which leads to more fat being released into the bloodstream for use as energy.
• Green Tea Boost Fat Burning especially during Workouts
If you regularly workout, you can enhance your performance by drinking a cup of green tea, at least 30 minutes before workout.
Studies have repeatedly revealed that green tea encourages fat burning especially during exercise. This helps reduce excess body fat. It also boosts your body’s energy levels, leading to more calorie and fat burning.
One study found that men who took green tea and exercised burned 17 percent more fat than those who didn’t.
• Green Tea helps with Fat Elimination in the Abdominal Area
Abdominal fat is often stubborn to come off. What’s worse is that it increases your risk of heart disease, insulin resistance, inflammation, and many other chronic health conditions.
When it comes to losing fat around the tummy area, green tea is your best bet.
Various studies have found that regular consumption of green tea can be effective in eliminating excess weight on the tummy.
Alongside a healthy diet and regular exercise, you can lose that stubborn belly fat for good.
How Much Green Tea Do You Need to Lose Weight?
According to the University of Maryland Medical Center, you should drink 2 to 3 cups of effective weight loss ingredient in order to obtain the right amount of caffeine and catechins that are needed for weight loss. 1 cup of green tea contains about 10 to 60mg of caffeine and 120 to 320 milligrams of catechins. Therefore, drinking more than one cup can significantly help you shed excess weight much faster.
How to Prepare Green Tea
Preparing green tea is very simple. Bring a cup of water to boil and let it cool down for about 10 minutes. Pour the hot water over a tea bag and brew for 1 minute before drinking. You can add some natural sweeteners such as honey and Stevia. Do not add sugar as it contains loads of calories, which might cause you to add some weight.
Additional Green Tea Benefits
Besides promoting weight loss and preventing weight gain, green tea is also associated with a number of health benefits. It reduces your risk of obesity by preventing fat storage, reduces your risk of cancer, heart disease, diabetes, inflammation, inflammatory bowel syndrome (IBS), including others.
The majority of the weight loss products on the market today contain green tea extract due to its potent weight loss properties and many other health benefits. It increases your metabolism and boosts your body’s fat burning ability.
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