The health benefits and weight loss associated with green tea are most effective when you have a healthy diet and exercise regularly. Drinking green tea, without high-fructose corn syrup and added sugars that are contained by many brand-name green teas, is particularly effective as an aid for weight loss.
History
Green tea has been used for medicinal purposes and weight loss since the days of ancient China, where farmers harvested it from forests filled with tea trees. The Chinese elite began consuming green tea around 2730 B.C. Because it was an expensive beverage, only the wealthy, royalty and intellectuals drank it. Chinese artwork, myths and legends honor the health benefits of green tea for intellectual stimulation, overall health and weight loss.
Benefits
Green tea helps aid weight loss due to the caffeine and EGCG (epicallocatechin gallate) it contains. The interaction between EGCG and caffeine causes your body to absorb less fat. It also blocks the way energy is converted by the body into fat. Green tea is also said to assist in regulating your blood sugar levels and increasing your metabolism. According to Amazing-Green-Tea.com, green tea also helps curb your appetite, so people who drink the beverage regularly tend to not eat as often or as much as before, which aids weight loss.
Function
Natural green tea as an alternative beverage item for soda and other high-fructose, sugary drinks can serve as a satisfying and healthy thirst quencher. Green tea diets do not usually even require that you have a low-calorie intake.
Considerations
Green tea has become a popular nonalcoholic beverage in the U.S., due in part to the nationwide increase in health consciousness. Health-conscious people, particularly those who look to green tea as an aid for weight loss, should consider the ingredients contained in bottled green teas that are sold in the marketplace. Including additives like high-fructose corn syrup can actually negate the weight loss and health benefits of green tea.
Misconceptions
Fad diets that indicate that solely consuming green tea without exercise and a proper balanced caloric intake can cause you great health risks and a fast return of weight you have already lost. Thus, consult a nutritionist prior to undergoing any kind of diet. Be skeptical toward reports of rapid weight loss from green tea diets.
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