Drinking green tea helps to lose weight

Drinking green tea can boost your metabolism and help you lose weight. All tea contains catechins, but green tea, which undergoes less processing than black and oolong tea, contains more. In one of numerous studies demonstrating the fat-burning properties of green tea, men who included green tea in their diets lost nearly twice as much as men who drank green tea. Kevin Maki, who led the study reported in 2009 in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, said the men who drank green tea containing 660 mg of catechins also experienced greater reductions in their waist sizes than the men who drank black tea containing 22 mg of catechins.

Forget the latest diet and exercise fads. According to recent hype, it seems losing those excess pounds could be as easy as sitting back and drinking tea all day. It sounds like the perfect solution for a nation that already has a healthy relationship with the teapot!  Unfortunately though our usual cuppa is not going to do the trick and we need to turn to more exotic leaves in order to get the benefits.

Boost Metabolism

It is claimed that drinking green tea boosts metabolism, burns calories and boots energy.  As well as claiming to improve metabolism, marketing materials suggest it will also reduce blood fat and cholesterol, reduce bloatedness, detox the body and suppress your appetite.  It is also thought that green tea contains properties that will block fat absorption into the body. For a small cuppa, these are big promises!!

But can having a brew really help you lose weight?

It sounds too good to be true but accordingly to most claims it really is that simple, to enjoy drinking green tea and lose weight. There is also scientific evidence to confirm that slimming teas actually work to shift those pounds.

Calorie Counting

Even without the added benefits listed above, weight loss benefits could also be attributed down to the calorie savings made by switching from a milky, sugary cup of your usual tea to a calorie-free cup of green tea.  A standard mug of tea with semi-skimmed milk and 1tsp sugar contains 38 calories.  Therefore, four cups a day totals 152 calories, adding up to a massive 55,480 calories a year.  By just switching your usual cup of tea to green tea you will ultimately lose weight.  It would seem which ever way you look at it green tea is a serious aid to weight loss.