I need to know if drinking green tea really works and if so what kind works,and how long does it take to work?
2007-02-27 13:36:55 · 37 answers · asked by cassidy 2 in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
Okay, for the 100th time, you lose weight by changing your diet and exercising. Green tea can be part of your new diet, but it does not MAKE you lose weight...
2007-02-27 13:39:48 · answer #1 · answered by gravytrain036 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It depends on what else you actually do, what you eat and what your starting weight is.
Green teas to avoid are those that come bottled and are sweetened with corn syrup. These are actually just another high calorie soft drink that still offers the anti-oxidant properties of green tea, but not the weight loss.
The best green teas are those you brew yourself from loose leaf tea (the kind that isn't in a tea bag, and isn't all crushed up into tiny bits). Preparing loose leaf green tea is a bit of a commitment, one that can be enjoyable due to the ritual of preparing and steeping the tea.
Most people prefer the convenience of tea bags. But, tea bags just don't offer the same taste and some of the properties are lost.
Still if you're lazy, there are some unsweetened bottled green teas that are drinkable.
The green tea dieter will drink two to four cups (6 oz each) per day for the maximum benefit. Exactly how the green tea helps in losing weight is thought to be a couple of factors, 1) drinking more helps, just as drinking more water would help, 2) green tea increases metabolism, so you burn more calories, 3) green tea suppresses apetite, so you eat less, 4) green tea soothes and calms so you produce less cortisol (the stress hormone) so your get less fat.
Drinking green tea instead of soda and making no other changes - other than relaxing and enjoying the tea experience, caused me to lose one to two pounds in a few weeks. However, I was inspired by the experience and started eating more fruit, then more veggies, then more sleep, then exercise and I shed 40 pounds and have kept them off for over four years. It all started with green tea.
2007-02-27 13:56:45 · answer #2 · answered by the foolish fox 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It doesn't necessarily make you lose weight. I drink green tea everyday just because it's full of antioxidants and that helps flush your system of impurities and even fat. Also, it can reduce your appetite. Anyways, even if you don't lose weight it is still good to drink because it's good for your body and more fun to get hydrated opposed to water.
2007-02-27 13:44:05 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If all you do is drink green tea and do not eat, then yeah you will lose weight, but then you would be hungry and end up stuffing your self and gain more weight then you lost in the 1st place.
I think the idea behind it is that the caffeine speeds up your metabolism, but this is simply not true. From my experience if you are controlling your appetite and what you eat to control your weight, ANYTHING with caffeine will make you more hungry and you will eat more. Eat more gain more. I do not think that is what you want.
2007-02-27 13:43:40 · answer #4 · answered by gotagetaweigh 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
My friend bought a green tea and she said it works for her because she was fat and now, she is skinny. I don't know what kind she used though.
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