Whats the BEST Tea for Weight Loss?
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The tea you drink without scones, cookies, or other high callow nutrition food?!
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I drink tea almost every night. I was putting 2 to 3 tsp of sugar in it. That's 8 to 12 grams of sugar. It's not so much what type of tea, but what you are putting in it. Tea was the fist thing I cut sugar out of. Get the flavored tea bags, (not any of the already made tea, you may as well get a soda). That's the only way you will be able to get use to not having sugar in your tea. IT IS WORKING FOR ME. In addition to using myfittnesspal to watch what I eat.4
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doreenclarkblake wrote: »I drink tea almost every night. I was putting 2 to 3 tsp of sugar in it. That's 8 to 12 grams of sugar. It's not so much what type of tea, but what you are putting in it. Tea was the fist thing I cut sugar out of. Get the flavored tea bags, (not any of the already made tea, you may as well get a soda). That's the only way you will be able to get use to not having sugar in your tea. IT IS WORKING FOR ME. In addition to using myfittnesspal to watch what I eat.
Ya, I tapered down to 1/2 teaspoon of sugar per cup.
Except for Thai iced tea. On the rare occasions that I make that, I bring on the sugar. Nom nom nom.1 -
WinoGelato wrote: »gebeziseva wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »Technically you could look for a fairly caffeinated one to help your metabolism slightly, but overall, like has been said many times before - none will actively help you.
If you're short any nutrients, you can try to find one that will supplement that. Just don't add sugar / sugar replacement in it.
Why not?
Sugar replacement makes your poop purple.
I’ve been drinking diet soda and coffee with artificial sweeteners for decades. It most decidedly does NOT turn my poop purple.
Oh c'mon @WinoGelato..
I've been around for several years and so have you. Surely you'd know I said this tongue-in-cheek
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Calorie-free2
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Doesn't matter because tea isn't what is causing the weight loss.
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gebeziseva wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »gebeziseva wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »Technically you could look for a fairly caffeinated one to help your metabolism slightly, but overall, like has been said many times before - none will actively help you.
If you're short any nutrients, you can try to find one that will supplement that. Just don't add sugar / sugar replacement in it.
Why not?
Sugar replacement makes your poop purple.
I’ve been drinking diet soda and coffee with artificial sweeteners for decades. It most decidedly does NOT turn my poop purple.
Oh c'mon @WinoGelato..
I've been around for several years and so have you. Surely you'd know I said this tongue-in-cheek
Damn my sarcasm detector must have been on the blink yesterday! Whew!6 -
doreenclarkblake wrote: »I drink tea almost every night. I was putting 2 to 3 tsp of sugar in it. That's 8 to 12 grams of sugar. It's not so much what type of tea, but what you are putting in it. Tea was the fist thing I cut sugar out of. Get the flavored tea bags, (not any of the already made tea, you may as well get a soda). That's the only way you will be able to get use to not having sugar in your tea. IT IS WORKING FOR ME. In addition to using myfittnesspal to watch what I eat.
What's working is taking in fewer calories than you burn.7 -
Do those slimming teas act like a laxative or diuretic? Those might cause temporary weight loss, but it is not what you are looking for.0
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The tea you like unsweetened
The tea that you like the taste of.1 -
Peppermint can help if you have gastrointestinal issues while dieting. Green tea can help if you get cold while dieting. Neither will actually shed lbs for you though0
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The best 't' for weight loss is the 't' in "calorie deficit.
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I personally love tea and drink a few cups of unsweetened Japanese green tea (tea bags + hot water) daily. I never drink the ones that come in bottles because those are sweetened so much.
Sometimes I do add a bit of honey as a treat but not often.0 -
WinoGelato wrote: »Technically you could look for a fairly caffeinated one to help your metabolism slightly, but overall, like has been said many times before - none will actively help you.
If you're short any nutrients, you can try to find one that will supplement that. Just don't add sugar / sugar replacement in it.
Why not?
Sugar can be detrimental to weight loss; and a lot of sugar replacements can be just as bad.37 -
WinoGelato wrote: »Technically you could look for a fairly caffeinated one to help your metabolism slightly, but overall, like has been said many times before - none will actively help you.
If you're short any nutrients, you can try to find one that will supplement that. Just don't add sugar / sugar replacement in it.
Why not?
Sugar can be detrimental to weight loss; and a lot of sugar replacements can be just as bad.
Sugar has 16 calories per teaspoon, so roughly 50 extra calories if you like your tea extra sweet. That's like half an apple's worth. I don't really see how that would be detrimental to weight loss if the calories are accounted for.21 -
amusedmonkey wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »Technically you could look for a fairly caffeinated one to help your metabolism slightly, but overall, like has been said many times before - none will actively help you.
If you're short any nutrients, you can try to find one that will supplement that. Just don't add sugar / sugar replacement in it.
Why not?
Sugar can be detrimental to weight loss; and a lot of sugar replacements can be just as bad.
Sugar has 16 calories per teaspoon, so roughly 50 extra calories if you like your tea extra sweet. That's like half an apple's worth. I don't really see how that would be detrimental to weight loss if the calories are accounted for.
They are empty calories. At least the apple is giving you other vitamins & nutrients you need. There are also several studies on sugar making you more hungry.
Then again, there's a lot of weight loss "science" out there that contradicts each other, so to each their own.
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WinoGelato wrote: »Technically you could look for a fairly caffeinated one to help your metabolism slightly, but overall, like has been said many times before - none will actively help you.
If you're short any nutrients, you can try to find one that will supplement that. Just don't add sugar / sugar replacement in it.
Why not?
Sugar can be detrimental to weight loss; and a lot of sugar replacements can be just as bad.
If logged and accounted for within a person’s calorie goal then sugar would have no adverse effects to weight loss. Neither would sugar alternatives like honey or agave.
Artificial sweeteners are negligible calories and would have a positive effect toward weight loss if they are replacing sugar or other calories.15 -
amusedmonkey wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »Technically you could look for a fairly caffeinated one to help your metabolism slightly, but overall, like has been said many times before - none will actively help you.
If you're short any nutrients, you can try to find one that will supplement that. Just don't add sugar / sugar replacement in it.
Why not?
Sugar can be detrimental to weight loss; and a lot of sugar replacements can be just as bad.
Sugar has 16 calories per teaspoon, so roughly 50 extra calories if you like your tea extra sweet. That's like half an apple's worth. I don't really see how that would be detrimental to weight loss if the calories are accounted for.
They are empty calories. At least the apple is giving you other vitamins & nutrients you need. There are also several studies on sugar making you more hungry.
Then again, there's a lot of weight loss "science" out there that contradicts each other, so to each their own.
They're not really empty. They have carbs. Carbs = fuel. By that reasoning, oil is empty calories too, and is higher in calories to boot. Even then, that has no bearing on weight loss.9
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