A green tea diet is a great way to speed your weight loss and supply your body with vital antioxidants. The many wonderful benefits of green tea include not only the decrease in free radicals, but accelerated weight loss, along with higher metabolism and a greater natural ability to burn fat.
There are many easy ways to make green tea a part of your healthy lifestyle, such as drinking brewed tea (hot or cold), or through one of the many supplements that are available.
Many people get their daily dose of green tea by drinking it. Most drink it hot, by using boiling water and tea bags. Some prefer to use loose tea leaves rather than bags, and putting the leaves in an infuser or tea ball is a great way to do it.
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Catechin is one of the potent ingredients that gives green tea its health-enhancing abilities. It is only found in green tea, because the fermentation process involved in the making of black tea removes the catechin. It is a water-soluble polyphenol that is easily oxidized, so green tea is minimally processed. There are many types of phenols in the plant kingdom, and catechin is one of the most well-known of the flavonoids.
When researchers were trying to find out what made green tea such a potent health drink, they discovered that most of its protective effects originate with the catechins. Tea has four primary catechins- EC, EGC, ECg, and EGCG, which is the most powerful of them all. It is almost one hundred times more potent than vitamins C and E. A cup of green tea gives between ten and forty milligrams of polyphenols, and has more antioxidants than a serving of carrots, broccoli, or spinach. This high antioxidant content makes it ideal for protecting the body from free radicals. It may help to clear arterial blockages by reducing the amount of lipids absorbed into the bloodstream.
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First off, let us start out by saying that green tea is one of the safest formulas for weight loss, health boosting antioxidants and energy. It’s a natural supplement and drink, so that automatically decreases the amount of potential side effects.
Actually, the side effects involved are so minimal, you could probably even go as far as saying that there aren’t any real side effects when drinking or supplementing with green tea as long as you use caution and take your health history into account.
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In a study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, green tea extract increased energy expenditure and metabolism, and was proven to positively impact the body’s rate of fat oxidation.
While some of these effects were thought at first to be because of the green tea’s caffeine, there are some that cannot be attributed to the caffeine. Although, on the other hand, an equal amount of caffeine, given alone, did not raise energy expenditure at all. This means something else going is on with the active ingredients in green tea.
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Green tea’s antioxidant power can fight the effects of free radicals on the body.
There are substances in nature that can eliminate free radicals, and many of them, like tannins, catechins, and flavonoids, exist in green tea. Catechin is an especially potent free-radical fighter.
To a lesser extent, vitamins A, C, and E are also antioxidants. Green tea contains high levels of all of these vitamins, and it is the most potent antioxidant drink available today. Green tea polyphenols have powerful anti-cancer, heart and brain protective, and antibacterial properties. The most potent of these, EGCG, is present in very high levels in green tea, and it is vital for the prevention of cancer.
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Right now, tea in its various forms (black, and most popularly, green tea) is the most widely consumed beverage (next to water) in the entire world.
According to Chinese folklore, tea was first discovered by Emperor Shen Nong in 2700 BC, as a puff of wind blew some tea leaves into a pot of boiling water. Based on the many recent studies touting the advantages of drinking green tea, we’ve compiled a list of the tea’s biggest benefits:
- Weight Loss - A wide variety of individuals use green tea as a means for losing weight. Research shows that green tea helps to regulart hormones, amp up metabolism levels and promote fat oxidation. Combining this with an easy to follow diet can do wonders for almost anyone.
- Longevity - Green tea might prevent premature death from a variety of causes, the biggest of which is cardiovascular disease. Japanese researchers used data from a national study of over 40,000 participants followed over the course of 11 years. Those who drank more than five cups of green tea per day had a lower risk of death from heart disease and stroke. This might explain why the Japanese have the longest lifespans of any people on Earth.
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Green tea products are very common on the market today, and they can be found almost everywhere, from health food stores to the coffee & tea aisle in your local grocery store.
This amazing tea has been used for thousands of years in China and Japan, and it has many purported health benefits, some of which we’ll go over here. Green tea originates from a tea plant whose scientific name is Camillia sinensis. This plant is native to Asia, and black tea also comes from this plant.
What makes green tea different from black tea? It’s obviously not the plant. It’s how the plant parts are processed. Green tea undergoes the most minimal processing of any commercially sold tea, which means that more of the tea’s natural benefits and nutrients are preserved.
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