Green Tea And Weight Loss

Green tea alone will not help you lose weight quickly, but it does burn fat through a process known and thermogenesis. Thermogenesis produces heat from epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) compounds found in the tea. The caffeine in green tea along with EGCG compounds basically convert fat into fuel as it passes through the blood stream.

Drinking four to six cups of green tea may help you lose up to 100 calories per day, which alone may not seem like much. However, when used in conjunction with a healthy diet and exercise, it is absolutely possible to see significant weight loss over time.

Green tea and weight loss do work together, however, as the tea burns fat calories and suppresses the fat's absorption into the body. It increases metabolic rate as well as your energy levels so you can exercise for longer periods of time. With continued exercise from this boost, you will also see an increase in muscle gain, stamina, strength and endurance. The gains are exponential.

The food we eat is processed through the liver and what is left are triglycerides which enter other parts of the body via the bloodstream. Triglycerides are essential to the body, but in overweight or obese people there is just too much of this compound for the body to dissolve it without help. Drinking this green tea wakes up the enzyme that dissolves an over-abundance of triglycerides and burns the fat that is associated with it. This is part of the thermogenesis process.

Green tea leaves are unfermented, unlike most other teas, helping ensure plenty of polyphenol antioxidants are present. The antioxidants found in the tea are very powerful and efficient at blocking free radicals that can kill cells in the body that accelerate the aging process. Antioxidants also cleanse the body of toxins, toxins that leave people feeling like they have no energy. By consuming green tea and reducing toxin levels, they can put that energy back into the body. A weight loss program will only be enhanced with these higher energy levels which stimulate the body's metabolic rate.

Most diet pills have some form of green tea listed as an ingredient because it does burn calories and stop fat absorption. However, diet pills also contain many unnatural ingredients that can be dangerous. It is almost always better to take the healthier natural route. This tea will wake up your body and send you on that walk. Diet pills will only harm it.

Green tea and weight loss certainly work together, but this tea has numerous other health benefits as well. Research is showing that it may slow bleeding in wounds, stop tooth decay, lower cholesterol levels associated with heart disease and strokes, lesson the symptoms of some bowel disorders and lessen the effect cigarette smoking has on the body. This is a tea that may be a natural wonder drug -- and it's all around you. So go grab a cup of sencha, jasmine pearls or genmaicha and do your body some good.