Green tea for weight loss and fat burning
Green tea is good for weight loss? Yup, believe it or not, more and more often you'll find green tea (or green tea extract) included in the compilations of many of the more popular weight loss supplements today (interestingly, it may not be quite as good as oolong tea)
And why are supplement makers so hasty to include green tea in their weight loss products? Well, the benefits of green tea are numerous...
Specifically, and most importantly, green tea extract often replaces the caffeine component of the standard ephedrine - caffeine - salicin (aspirin) fat burning stack. That makes it a decent quality fat burner in and of itself. However...
If that's all green tea did, this would be a pretty short article. Luckily, it provides additional benefits -- far and beyond what plain caffeine could do. First, it's a powerful anti-oxidant. Yes... just like vitamin C and beta-carotene! But researchers have suggested that the active ingredient (called epigallocatechin gallate -- I kid you not!), may be up to 200 times more powerful than vitamin E as an oxidant.
But wait... that's still not the best part!
Green tea may be useful as a glucose regulator -- meaning it slows the rise in blood sugar following a meal.
It does this by slowing the action of a particular digestive enzyme called amylase. This enzyme is pivotal in the breakdown of starches (carbs), that can cause blood sugar levels to soar following a meal. This is pretty exciting stuff -- along with a chromium, and possibly a vanadyl supplement, green tea might be the missing link in proper glucose management
Green tea has also helped aid weight loss by increasing the metabolic rate, causing those who use it to experience greater calorie burn.
A recent study further validates green tea's effectiveness. A new study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (Vol. 81, No. 1, 122-129, January 2005), indicated the ingestion of a tea rich in catechins (catechins are a major component of green tea extract) leads to both a lowering of bodyfat AND of cholesterol levels.
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