Does green tea make you skinnier?

Question

Hi again, just wondering if green tea actually makes you skinnier like i've heard a few times?!?!? Please help me, because I heard some tea like green tea makes you skinny and I want that so bad, I don't care if the tea tastes bad, please post ASAP, so I can start incorperating it into my diet.

Answer 1

Yes it does, but not as much as some people make it out to be.

Green tea helps you lose weight because it contains catechins, caffeine and theanine. These compounds interact with each other when consumed and promotes weight loss, much more than individually alone.

Any high quality green tea will have an optimum level of these chemicals. In fact, loose-leaf green harvested using very young tea shoots have the most of these beneficial chemicals.

Increase metabolism (First link)

A study conducted Dr Dulloo in the University of Geneva found that drinking a green tea extract beverage three times a day increases energy expenditure by 4%.

Is 4% too small to make any difference?

If you burn 2,000 calorie a day, this translates to 80 calories, roughly the same amount of calories in a small banana.

But increasing metabolism is not the only way green tea helps lose weight. It also promotes fat burning and reduces absorption and storage of fat. The sum total of these actions has not yet been quantified, but is likely to be significant.

Combine with Exercise (Second link)

The best way to lose weight is to combine green tea with exercise.

Two Japanese studies found that drinking green tea improves endurance performance by up to 24%. Combining green tea and exercise reduces weight gain by 90%!

So green tea is not magic formula, but as a healthy supplement, and in combination with exercise, it is splendid!

Answer 2

Drinking a large amount of green tea (4-5 cups a day) has been shown in some studies to raise your metabolism. Not by much, I'm afraid, but it does a bit. However, it does have some nifty anti-cancer properties.

Answer 3

You'll get skinny if the tea is your diet. The health claims are more general health than weight loss.

Answer 4

well, it is said to do that because it "speeds up your metabolism" making you go to the bathroom... if you know what i mean.

i really think you're better off doing a bit of jogging every morning, though.
or, trying to eat a lot of little meals through out the day. a lot of people don't try this because they are skeptical that it actually works... but it really does. just make sure not to eat like burgers for every single little meal. lol.

Answer 5

well yes green tea helps to lose weight also california dieter's drink it is also a great tea to lose weight,another one is called 3 ballerinas,those teas are killers when it comes to loseing weight i just bought them today at this china town supermarket and they are unexpensive too.and almost forgot they are caffeine free,good luck

Answer 6

it's not a miracle solution, it just has some caffeine which increases your metabolic rate slightly. if you want to lose weight you need to eat better and exercise- there are no shortcuts.