Tea

rawan1313
rawan1313 Posts: 26 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
As much as I love coffee I love my tea. I've been a tea drinker since forever, but recently i introduced new blends of tea to my daily diet. I try to make tea with ingredients that would increase my metabolism. Green tea is the basic way to go, but why stop with that? I like to add lemon or mint to my green tea or even ginger. I also like white tea I add saafron or a little bit of rose water to it. Try adding tea to your diet it's good way fill your need for snacking and it a great easy detoxing method :)

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  • Laurend224
    Laurend224 Posts: 1,748 Member
    Sure. I like tea, but I don't think they have magical metabolism boosting, detoxifying properties. They're just a tasty, calorie free beverage...
  • abetterluke
    abetterluke Posts: 625 Member
    I like Tea but I have a hard time drinking it without sugar or honey if it's hot. Iced tea I can do plain without any issue.
  • elphie754
    elphie754 Posts: 7,574 Member
    rawan1313 wrote: »
    As much as I love coffee I love my tea. I've been a tea drinker since forever, but recently i introduced new blends of tea to my daily diet. I try to make tea with ingredients that would increase my metabolism. Green tea is the basic way to go, but why stop with that? I like to add lemon or mint to my green tea or even ginger. I also like white tea I add saafron or a little bit of rose water to it. Try adding tea to your diet it's good way fill your need for snacking and it a great easy detoxing method :)

    No, tea will not boost your metabolism. You don't need to "detox", that is what your kidney and liver do. If they are not working optimally , you need medical treatment, not "detox".
  • jgnatca
    jgnatca Posts: 14,464 Member
    Agree no metabolism-boosting (other than caffeine), or detoxing (other than antioxidants) magic.
  • TiffanyR71
    TiffanyR71 Posts: 217 Member
    Mm - yeah - tea is great - black, green, herbal, or whatever. Sometimes I add lemon, even a little honey if I have a sore throat- ooh, and some rum, too, if I'm stuffed up. But, no, it's not magic...
  • abetterluke
    abetterluke Posts: 625 Member
    TiffanyR71 wrote: »
    But, no, it's not magic...

    Tea or Rum? Because rum is magic as f---
  • TiffanyR71
    TiffanyR71 Posts: 217 Member
    abetterluke wrote: »
    TiffanyR71 wrote: »
    But, no, it's not magic...

    Tea or Rum? Because rum is magic as f---

    Yes, I should have clarified that... Tea isn't magic; but rum is- so, tea only becomes "kinda magic" when it's a vehicle for rum... :)
  • elphie754
    elphie754 Posts: 7,574 Member
    abetterluke wrote: »
    TiffanyR71 wrote: »
    But, no, it's not magic...

    Tea or Rum? Because rum is magic as f---
    Lol. How about putting the rum in the tea?
  • brower47
    brower47 Posts: 16,356 Member
    I drink tea everyday. I drink it because I like it. I'm under no illusion that it's going to impact my weight loss or the "toxins" in my body in any significant way due to the blend.
  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
    rawan1313 wrote: »
    As much as I love coffee I love my tea. I've been a tea drinker since forever, but recently i introduced new blends of tea to my daily diet. I try to make tea with ingredients that would increase my metabolism. Green tea is the basic way to go, but why stop with that? I like to add lemon or mint to my green tea or even ginger. I also like white tea I add saafron or a little bit of rose water to it. Try adding tea to your diet it's good way fill your need for snacking and it a great easy detoxing method :)

    The thing about green tea is that it may increase your metabolism by about 4% (I'm basing that on this: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10584049 - I'm sure it will cause debate). That means that if I burn 2200 calories daily (my personal maintenance level - yours will vary), drinking green tea will add an additional 88 calories burned. 88. That's pretty much within the margin of error when you consider all of the little inaccuracies and estimations we're dealing with during weight loss.

    I drink red tea in the evenings because it's caffeine free and I like it. I add ginger, lemon, and mint to my food because they're tasty. If they have a metabolism boosting quality, that's fine, but it's not going to be enough to really make a difference. I'm not even going to touch the idea of detoxing.

  • Nataliegetfit
    Nataliegetfit Posts: 395 Member
    I drink a cup of tea every day and if I drink two I make the second one a decaf because I get headaches if I have too much. For me it's a warm, cozy drink that's no calories, no sugar or honey for me. I have also gotten used to the idea that I don't have to have something sweet and crunchy to go with it, which is huge for me. I love Bigelow Earl gray and Vanilla chai the best, but I try all different ones.
    I usually drink just water, so for me, It's something I definitely enjoy as a yummy 0 cal drink.
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