Snapple Green Tea ECGC question?

Question

1. Is it really that healthy for you? I know the regular Snapple drinks can contain many calories, but does anyone know the nutrition, at least the calorie number for the Snapple Green Tea?

2. Also, the ECGC in the tea boosts your metabolism? But what does that exactly mean....??

Like, is it healthy enough to drink on an almost daily basis?

Answer 1

Emily

Green tea contains very little calorie and it helps to lose weight. I haven't drunk Snapple before, but if it is sweetened that it probably contains calories. Best to avoid.

2. EGCG is the most abundant antioxidant found in green. and yes, it helps you to burn more calories.

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.

The links contains more discussion on how green tea help lose weight.

Hope it helps. Green tea is GREAT!

Julian

Answer 2

This previous question might be helpful http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070310183536AAusSFg&show=7