GREEN TEA

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  • Jaxxie1181
    Jaxxie1181 Posts: 138 Member
    11Adams11wife11 wrote: »
    Seems like my original question has spiked a lot of interest.
    I didn't like the green tea so I'll be sticking to bottled or tap water.
    Thanks for all your comments :-)

    Yeah, definitely don't consume something you don't like, because at the end of the day there isn't a magic potion that will aid in weight loss or fat blasting. Life's too short to eat and drink things that suck :wink:
  • juggernaut1974
    juggernaut1974 Posts: 6,212 Member
    edited June 2015
    arctic_al wrote: »
    Green tea has actually been proven to help aid weight loss when drank with a healthy balanced diet. It can speed up your metabolism if you drink 4-5 cups a day. I've done this for the past few months and have lost 10lbs.

    Making origami every day, when combined with a healthy balanced diet, also promotes weight loss. Clearly it's the origami (and or green tea), and not the healthy balanced diet.
  • 11Adams11wife11
    11Adams11wife11 Posts: 66 Member
    Jaxxie1181 wrote: »
    11Adams11wife11 wrote: »
    Seems like my original question has spiked a lot of interest.
    I didn't like the green tea so I'll be sticking to bottled or tap water.
    Thanks for all your comments :-)

    Yeah, definitely don't consume something you don't like, because at the end of the day there isn't a magic potion that will aid in weight loss or fat blasting. Life's too short to eat and drink things that suck :wink:
    That is very true! :-)
    Would be ace if there was a magic potion though.... ;-)
  • mburgess458
    mburgess458 Posts: 480 Member
    I drink green tea for health benefits (high catechin content).....and I like the taste with a lemon wedge added.

    http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/health-benefits-of-green-tea

  • 11Adams11wife11
    11Adams11wife11 Posts: 66 Member
    mburgess458 wrote: »
    I drink green tea for health benefits (high catechin content).....and I like the taste with a lemon wedge added.

    http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/health-benefits-of-green-tea

    I've only ever tried one flavour. It's tetleys berry burst BOOST. I didn't taste any berry flavour though :-/ I love lemon, never thought to add a wedge of it. :-)
  • temazur
    temazur Posts: 76 Member
    I used to mix green tea powder into my water. It was pretty awesome, gave a nice flavor to the water and didn't need sweetened. It felt like it had some diuretic properties, but not as much as coffee, so it helped whenever I felt bloated, too.

    I found that because it was flavored my cravings for soda and diet sodas went down, too.

    Obviously, everyone's mileage may vary, but I like it. I need to get another giant bag of it again.
  • colors_fade
    colors_fade Posts: 464 Member
    The benefit of green tea, as I have come to understand it, has to do with the fact that it provides antioxidants, which fight damage done by free radicals that occur when exercising (and as a natural process of being alive). This is why bodybuilders and other lifting types - folks who exercise a lot - espouse the benefits of green tea so much (Scooby as an example).

    So, if you're trying to lose weight, eating at a calorie deficit, and working out, you may find some benefit to drinking green tea. It won't burn fat; but it will help fight free radicals.
  • 11Adams11wife11
    11Adams11wife11 Posts: 66 Member
    colors_fade wrote: »
    The benefit of green tea, as I have come to understand it, has to do with the fact that it provides antioxidants, which fight damage done by free radicals that occur when exercising (and as a natural process of being alive). This is why bodybuilders and other lifting types - folks who exercise a lot - espouse the benefits of green tea so much (Scooby as an example).

    So, if you're trying to lose weight, eating at a calorie deficit, and working out, you may find some benefit to drinking green tea. It won't burn fat; but it will help fight free radicals.

    I have a "friend" on Facebook who constantly uploads photos of herself saying that the green tea she's drinking is literally melting the fat off her... But there's absolutely no difference in the whole time she's been drinking it (4/5 weeks) !! She also isn't eating healthy, exercising and has a bottle of wine a day... But like someone already said - it's not a magic potion.

    Thanks for taking the time to reply :-)
  • jjalbertt
    jjalbertt Posts: 98 Member
    arctic_al wrote: »
    Green tea has actually been proven to help aid weight loss when drank with a healthy balanced diet. It can speed up your metabolism if you drink 4-5 cups a day. I've done this for the past few months and have lost 10lbs.
    Def has a lot of health benefits. Like reducing bloating and helping with your skin!

  • chelsmaee7
    chelsmaee7 Posts: 115 Member
    The only thing it does for me to help with weight loss is gives me something to drink instead of soda when I don't feel like drinking plain water.
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