Green tea can help you lose weight and live longer, but some green tea products may do more to lighten your wallet than trim your waistline. The Ultra Lean Green Tea Weight Loss Diet provides powdered green tea supplements and diet advice for $100 a month as of October 2010. It's available online with an automatically renewable delivery plan.
Ingredients
In a month's supply of Ultra Lean Green Tea, you get 90 packets of a green tea powder that contains green tea, citrimax, advantra z and an amino acid and mineral blend. The product label does not specify how much of each of these ingredients you get in a packet of powder, which you dissolve in water. Green tea contains catechins, a powerful antioxidant. Citrimax is derived from garcinia, a fruit that may suppress appetite. Advantra Z contains bitter orange, which may boost metabolism.
Weight Loss
The effectiveness of green tea in weight loss depends on the amount of catechins consumed. In one recent clinical study conducted at Oklahoma State University, participants who consumed 460mg of green tea powder daily lost 4.9 lbs in eight weeks. The study, led by Arpita Basu and published in August 2010 in the "Journal of the American College of Nutrition," also found that persons who drank 4 cups of strong brewed green tea lost 5.5 lbs in eight weeks.
Green Tea Catechins
A cup of green tea brewed from loose leaves contains about 125mg of catechins and a cup of green tea from powder contains 12mg, according to the United States Department of Agriculture. If a serving of Ultra Lean Green Tea contained amounts similar to those in the USDA study, you would need to drink 38 cups per day to lose as much weight as the participants in Basu's study lost. This would mean depleting a month's supply of Ultra Green Tea in fewer than three days.
Cost of Ultra Lean Green Tea
If you order Ultra Lean Green Tea, you will be charged $79.87 for a month's supply. You will keep getting supplies of Ultra Green Lean Tea --- and keep getting billed --- until you cancel your order. If you cancel within the first 14 days of ordering, you can get a full refund. When you order your Ultra Lean Green Tea, you are also automatically enrolled in a dietary advice program for $19.95 per month unless you specifically opt out.
Safety
Green tea is considered safe, but contains caffeine that might adversely affect some people. The "British Medical Journal" cautions pregnant women to limit their daily caffeine intake to 100mg per day as caffeine taken in larger amounts has been linked to low birth weight babies. The garcinia contained in Ultra Lean Green Tea should not be taken by children, pregnant women, nursing mothers, persons with diabetes mellitus or dementia, according to Advanced Scientific Health. The bitter orange in Ultra Lean Green Tea contains properties similar to those in ephedrine and may cause rapid heartbeat and high blood pressure, according to the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine.
References
- Sybervision: Ultra Lean Green Tea
- Best Diet Pill.com: Ultra Lean Green Tea Review
- Zhion.com: Garcinia
- Vital Health Partners.com: Advantra Z
- "Journal of the American College of Nutrition"; Green Tea Supplementation Affects Body Weight, Lipids, and Lipid Peroxidation in Obese Subjects with Metabolic Syndrome; Arpita Basu, et al.; August 2010
- USDA: Flavonoid Composition of Tea
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