Green tea has always been known to have several health benefits, but who knew that it could contribute to losing weight as well?
A recent study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition show that green tea extract can increase metabolism and fat oxidation of the body. In theory, scientists believe that the weight loss benefits of green tea extracts are due to their caffeine content but the results of the study show otherwise as they discovered that green tea extracts have weight loss benefits beyond that of caffeine.
In their study, the researchers administered alone the same amount of caffeine as that in tea extracts but found that it did not make any significant changes in the body’s overall energy expenditure. This led them to conclude that tea extracts have ingredients in them that actively interact with each other, promoting increased metabolism and fat oxidation that lead to loss of weight.
Further findings indicated that a certain compound found in tea full of the extracts might be the ingredient that causes weight loss. These extract compounds called Flavonoids may alter the way the body uses norepinephrine, a hormone that monitors how calories are burned. When flavonoids interact with other extract ingredients, more calories are burned thus contributing to loss of weight.
Another ingredient that actively contributes to the weight loss benefits of green tea is the compound catechin polyphenols. These compounds also interact with other extract ingredients in order to promote lossing weight by fat burning and thermogenesis (a process of losing energy by daytime heat).
The great thing about the loss of weight benefit of extracts is that it does not have any adverse side-effects. Unlike other herbal products like ephedra and prescription drugs for obesity, green extract does not increase the speed of heart rates or raise blood pressure. In this regard, tea is an effective and safer alternative to other weight loss products which may cause harm to the user.
The study conducted by the University of Geneva on the loss of weight benefit of the extract implicated that green tea can also help thyroid patients. According to dietitian Lynn Moss, M.S., R.D.,tea extracts are a healthier choice for people with thyroid who may be too sensitive to stimulants. tea can promote loss of weight by increasing metabolism without over stimulating the adrenal glands.
A common beverage all throughout Asia, healthy tea has recently gained popularity in the West. Further researches were conducted to identify other health benefits of tea extracts aside from weight loseing. It was found that certain extract compounds can significantly reduce the risk of heart disease, cancer, and even ulcers.
John Pawlett
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how does green tea extract support weight loss?
It makes you pee, thus losing body mass. It also helps detox the body.
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Green Tea is good for you. Yeah peeing alot sucks but the colorization in your pee being light yellow or clear indicates that its working to clean out your system. But If your pee ever gets like dark yellow, then that means you're not drinking enough water or liquids, which your body needs in order to function, just like the concept of food. It detoxs and does more.
I definitely recommend the Japanese kind b/c it really is effective, even tho it has a very strong, bitter taste and highly an expensive imported product here in America, especially leaves. I go at least 40-60 dollars a month buying 6 boxes of the tea bag version (because it harder to prepare it yourself with the leaves). I suggest if you're ever really low on enery and you need to stay up ALL NIGHT, drink lots of it DON'T PUT ANY SUGAR IN IT. It will defeat its purpose if you're trying to lose weight. I used to hate drinking Japanese Green Tea but now I drink like 8-10 mugs a day so that's why I spend like so much money on it, haha. If you hate the taste but if you're one of the those people that can adjust to anything in moderation, I suggest you give it a try and drink it like once or twice a day until you get used to it and then increase the intake. It makes you lose weight and fastens your metalobism because that bitter taste (if you DO drink it all the time) decreases you cravings and makes you want to be active constantly, which is best drinking in the morning before work outs. Most people hate the stuff but I deeply appreciate it. But please don't think that ONLY drinking Green Tea will magically make you lose the weight in a small amount time. Like anything else, its a step or process. You have to put in the effort as well. Green Tea also makes you think better too personally-speaking.
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