Green Tea and Weight Loss

In recent years, the use of green tea is not just as a drink. Nowadays this tea has become popular as a tool or diet menu to lose weight. So what are the factors that make this tea is so great? This type of tea naturally has many benefits, especially for health. Green tea benefits derived from the strong anti-oxidant known as Catechins and Polyphenols. It is also reported to be able to slow the aging process and prevent the wrinkles on the skin and patches of light from the sun. This fact is reinforced by evidence of why the Japanese have a beautiful skin and look younger than their age. This is because they consume green tea in their daily diet.

If you drink tea that is designed to lose weight, you also need to adopt a balanced diet and exercise regularly and consistently. You need to eat less than 3500 calories a day if you want to reduce one pound in a week with the exchange rate of one pound is equivalent to 3500 calories. With diet and exercise, you should burn at least 500 calories or more to lose one pound a week. Green tea will assist burning calories process efficiently if you are maintains your diet and exercise. You will be able to burn 70 to 80 more calories by taking five cups of green tea each day. This process known as Thermogenesis, where heat produced by the organism contains caffeine which will speed up the process of burning calories. You will not get the advantage with just drinking this tea alone but the process will increase if done with a balanced diet and exercise.

Nowadays, there are various types of weight loss teas you can choose in the market. One of the best weight loss teas available is Gourment Chinese Tea. This tea is pure organic tea which is only grown and can be found in the mountains of China. In addition, you can find Moa Feang Tea (Yellow Mountain), Xi Hun Longjing Tea, and Lu Shan Tea (Misty Cloud) at the peaks of Lion Mountain. This tea has a very delicious taste. In addition you can choose to buy 700 different variety of Gourment Chinese Tea available in the market.

If you are looking for a general diet tea, you can find and buy at the supermarkets or groceries near to your house. Now you do not have to go to China to buy a quality diet tea. Snapple is one of the healthy and delicious teas. This diet green tea contains a natural antioxidant called EGCG (Epigallocatechin Gallate) which is only can be found in green tea. It will be the pacemakers of metabolism of the body and overcome your hunger. In addition, Snapple tea contains zero calories. If you want something different, Snapple also produced Green Apple White Tea which is contains a little more caffeine to give you extra energy.