Monday, December 29, 2008

The green tea weight loss diet - Try it now

By Julie Chan

Green tea is a very inexpensive, natural beverage that has many great weight loss benefits. It is a simple addition to your weight loss. It tastes good, so you don't have to add the artificial sweeteners, milk or cream. Green tea extract can be used if you don't like the taste of green tea.

Reducing your weight by drinking green tea is a very safe and healthy way to trimming down. Forget about all those dangerous diet pills such as ephedra, which have the same thermogenesis properties, but have dangerous side affects. Many of the compounds in the plants have the thermogenesis proterties that help you get more energy and burn fat.

Green tea does not put pressure on the heart so is very safe for many of the overweight people who have or at the risk of developing hypertension and other cardiovascular problems. If you are in this unsafe group then using diet pills, especially those that contain ephedra are not an option. Drinking green tea and exercising at a moderate level will trim your waist line. Body cleansing is another option.

There are only two ways to lose weight: one way is by eating less (consuming fewer calories) and the other is by increasing expenditure of energy (using up more calories). Green tea works by increasing output and this can be by around 4%. Most scientists believe that this is caused by the high quantity of catechin that is in the tea and its extract.

Green tea is a powerful antioxidant. Antioxidants have been proven to fight free radicals that fight against our immune system. By improving our immune system which happens with the regular use of green tea, will assist out bodies in protecting ourselves from diseases.

It is recommended that people who use green tea should remove other forms of caffeine from their diet such as tea and coffee. I caffiene is a concern be forwarned that decaffeinated green tea does not have the same benefits as regular green tea, because the processes for removing the caffiene destroys the healthful benefits of the plant.

At the same time you will need to exercise control in what you eat. If you eat more to compensate for the calories that are burnt by the tea, you will not lose any weight. Keeping to the same calorific intake that you have now and taking green tea should result in gradual weight loss and better energy levels over a few weeks. You can of course increase the speed of this by reducing calorie consumption and/or increasing exercise.

Green tea is a simple, easy and inexpensive weight control aid that can easily be incorporated into any weight loss program. The choice of tea or extract offers something for everybody. Natural and safe, green tea weight loss should feature in your program if you want to keep the weight off permanently. - 15995

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