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Green tea?

Ladybug_1794
Ladybug_1794 Posts: 94 Member
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
does green tea really help keep you full and lose weight? What's your thoughts?

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  • cityruss
    cityruss Posts: 2,493 Member
    It helps you lose weight as much as any other food or drink. No food or drink in isolation has mystical weight loss unicorn magic.
    Apart from unicorn urine

    If drank within a calorie deficit you will lose weight.

    If drank within a calorie surplus you will gain weight.
  • IsaackGMOON
    IsaackGMOON Posts: 3,358 Member
    edited September 2015
    Green tea does not make you lose weight.

    If it did, there wouldn't be an obesity problem in the world.

    It's a marketing gimmick to make you buy more.

  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
    There would be no overweight people if all it took was to drink green tea.
  • hellonew2015
    hellonew2015 Posts: 327 Member
    Ladybug_1794 wrote: »
    does green tea really help keep you full and lose weight? What's your thoughts?
    It helps curb my appetite in the afternoon and not starve befor dinner time. It is good for you.
  • appleg1rl
    appleg1rl Posts: 28 Member
    I don't notice a difference in weight or appetite when I'm drinking green tea regularly.
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    No. You got great advice in your other thread. Log your food, get a food scale, stay in a deficit, lose weight.
  • Alyssa_Is_LosingIt
    Alyssa_Is_LosingIt Posts: 4,696 Member
    Ladybug_1794 wrote: »
    does green tea really help keep you full and lose weight? What's your thoughts?

    No.
  • the_great_unknown
    the_great_unknown Posts: 194 Member
    I have heard that green tea has a slightly beneficial impact, but I read this before I posted and it seems like it is really not worth it. http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/weight-loss/in-depth/weight-loss/art-20046409?pg=2
  • GaleHawkins
    GaleHawkins Posts: 8,159 Member
    I started drinking tea the same time I when LCHF which does both keep you full while you lose weight.

    At my age I like its reported disease prevention side effects. :)

    authoritynutrition.com/top-10-evidence-based-health-benefits-of-green-tea/
  • zoeysasha37
    zoeysasha37 Posts: 7,088 Member
    Calorie deficit for weight loss

    If green tea really caused weight loss, why would we all be on here counting calories ?? Wouldn't we all just guzzle green tea all day and be thin?

    No replacement for hard work. No magic pills or drinks. Eat less then you burn, you'll lose weight
  • Ladybug_1794
    Ladybug_1794 Posts: 94 Member
    Lol I didn't say green tea makes you lose weight. More as in does it keep you guys full so you don't have to take in so much calories in and eat less
  • brianpperkins
    brianpperkins Posts: 6,124 Member
    Ladybug_1794 wrote: »
    Lol I didn't say green tea makes you lose weight. More as in does it keep you guys full so you don't have to take in so much calories in and eat less

    No more so than water.
  • mangrothian
    mangrothian Posts: 1,351 Member
    I hope it works with Green Tea Latte's, because those are the bomb.

    On a more srs note, most studies on green tea and weightloss are all woo. correlation=/=causation
  • Miss_Mania
    Miss_Mania Posts: 163 Member
    I use Green Tea but not as a weight loss supplement. More of a something to full in the time lol, also I love dipping chocolate into it LOL. It's my everyday treat, green tea and some chocolate lol.
  • kiittenforever
    kiittenforever Posts: 478 Member
    It is a great antioxidant, cheap and the health benefits alone are worth it. Love green tea.
  • andrikosDE
    andrikosDE Posts: 383 Member
    kiittenforever wrote: »
    It is a great antioxidant, cheap and the health benefits alone are worth it. Love green tea.

    Any data to support those claims? I can't find any. To me, green tea is just crappy tasting hot water. I'd rather have coffee...
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  • jennifer_417
    jennifer_417 Posts: 12,344 Member
    No. Tastes pretty good though.
  • Josalinn
    Josalinn Posts: 1,066 Member
    For me it is a hot drink that doesn't need sugar or milk added to it. I can't stomach black coffee. So as the colder weather sets in, hot tea of all varieties is my drink of choice.

    Having a hot beverage makes me feel like I have eaten something and it takes care of the "hand to mouth" problem I have. So in that sense, eh sort of? Tea isn't really all that different than water with the exception of black tea having caffeine. But I've also been know to have mugs of hot water so yeah...I don't like being cold.
  • andrikosDE
    andrikosDE Posts: 383 Member
    edited September 2015
    catscats222 wrote: »
    I 100% think so. It made me feel fuller longer than just drinking water (not sure why).
    - Thousands of articles on the net on how it contains ANTIOXIDANTS.

    I didn't dispute the existense of antioxidants.
    I am skeptical whether the antioxidants in green tea are beneficial in any way.

    I hope you appreciate the difference.
    Feel free to present evidence, I'm open to the science.
  • redwingsfan6712
    redwingsfan6712 Posts: 81 Member
    I usually drink a cup or two during my work day. For me, it does seem to suppress my appetite some. I wouldn't say a lot though. If I'm craving something sweet and don't have fruit handy, I'll grab a cup of green tea with a packet of Splenda or Stevia and I'm good to go!
  • the_nerdgasm
    the_nerdgasm Posts: 86 Member
    I doesn't make you lose weight. I find it can be an appetite suppressant between meals (warm liquid in the belly, has no calories), but beyond that, nah man. It's not a magical weight loss supplement or anything. Just keep counting your calories :)
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,055 Member
    brianpperkins wrote: »
    Ladybug_1794 wrote: »
    Lol I didn't say green tea makes you lose weight. More as in does it keep you guys full so you don't have to take in so much calories in and eat less

    No more so than water.

    This ^

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