Whats the BEST Tea for Weight Loss?

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  • singingflutelady
    singingflutelady Posts: 8,736 Member
    cegal3 wrote: »
    cegal3 wrote: »
    cegal3 wrote: »
    cegal3 wrote: »
    WinoGelato wrote: »
    cegal3 wrote: »
    The average diet has a lot of sugar in it already. With so many varieties of tea, surely there's one you can find that you don't need to add sugar to.

    I'm not arguing with you, I'm simply stating what my nutritionalist has told me numerous times.

    You claimed sugar is detrimental to weight loss - a sweeping claim that is factually incorrect - no individual food or substance prevents weight loss just as no individual food or substance causes weight loss (ie ACV).

    Do some people consume too much sugar? Sure.
    Is sugar inherently bad?
    No.

    I don’t know what a nutritionalist is but many people who work in the diet industry have little in the way of robust academic training - a registered dietician usually being the most rigorously trained certification.

    The point is that if a person wants to sweeten their tea, has the calories to fit it in, and is eating an overall balanced and nutritious diet - then there is nothing wrong with adding sugar to the tea.

    Again - going off a statement from a nutritionalist. Also, many people do not log the sugar that they consume.

    I'll stop commenting on this since this is obviously a sore point for so many people.

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    No need to be rude. I did mean nutritionist. I don't see you hounding every other person saying avoid sugar / sweetener, so you can kindly stop harassing me over it.

    Why a nutritionist and not a registered dietitian? There's a huge difference between the two.

    https://www.dietitians.ca/Your-Health/Find-A-Dietitian/Difference-Between-Dietitian-and-Nutritionist.aspx

    Not always.

    Only if you live in Alberta, Quebec or Nova Scotia. If you live in the States or elsewhere in Canada anyone can call themselves a nutritionist. Are you in one of those provinces? Usually mddical professionals list their qualifications after their name so you can see if they have a degree or not and what professional organisation they belong to.


    At the time, I was living on Montreal Quebec. The terms are interchangeable there.

    Ok makes sense :) I'm in Nova Scotia myself
  • renku
    renku Posts: 182 Member
    Not so much as a weight loss secret, more so as a replacement for a calorie filled drink. I like dark chocolate chai tea, it has a nice dark flavour to replace an afternoon coffee, but the chai sweetens it. (no added milk or sugar)
  • NovusDies
    NovusDies Posts: 8,940 Member
    cegal3 wrote: »
    So you didn't read the article. It's like arguing with a brick.

    No wonder I was told these forums are unfriendly. You make one comment that someone disagrees with, despite posting evidence, and they just continue to stick their fingers in their ears.

    It says the same basic things we have known for decades.
  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,439 Member
    ladyreva78 wrote: »
    cegal3 wrote: »
    AnvilHead wrote: »
    cegal3 wrote: »
    This is even on the site you're already on - I notice on here a lot of people ask for proof, then dismiss it as false. I suspect you're less likely do to this on this site.

    https://blog.myfitnesspal.com/science-says-sugar-bad-weight-loss/

    LOL. The MyFitnessPal blog is one of the worst, most unreliable resources ever. It's no better than Dr. Oz or the articles on the cover of a woman's magazine.

    Sugar only makes you gain weight if it causes you to consume more calories than you expend. You gain weight via a caloric surplus, period. There's no food which otherwise magically causes weight gain.

    Ok. So I post an article, you just say it's fake. You post no proof at all, and I'm supposed to believe you?

    I get it. I guess people on MFP just value post count over legitimate proof. You could try this search engine called "Google" and find many articles about sugar and that it can greatly slow down weight loss.

    I can also find articles that the earth is flat and Bigfoot is real. Just because I can find something on the internet doesn't make it true.
    cegal3 wrote: »
    AnvilHead wrote: »
    cegal3 wrote: »
    This is even on the site you're already on - I notice on here a lot of people ask for proof, then dismiss it as false. I suspect you're less likely do to this on this site.

    https://blog.myfitnesspal.com/science-says-sugar-bad-weight-loss/

    LOL. The MyFitnessPal blog is one of the worst, most unreliable resources ever. It's no better than Dr. Oz or the articles on the cover of a woman's magazine.

    Sugar only makes you gain weight if it causes you to consume more calories than you expend. You gain weight via a caloric surplus, period. There's no food which otherwise magically causes weight gain.

    Ok. So I post an article, you just say it's fake. You post no proof at all, and I'm supposed to believe you?

    I get it. I guess people on MFP just value post count over legitimate proof. You could try this search engine called "Google" and find many articles about sugar and that it can greatly slow down weight loss.

    I can also find articles that the earth is flat and Bigfoot is real. Just because I can find something on the internet doesn't make it true.

    I did the next best thing to google and went to pubmed (since the PP telling you to google seems to lazy to provide good sources)

    Just one review (behind a pay wall, I'll have to log in from universtity tomorrow to read the whole thing:

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25091794
    From the conclusion: From this review, evidence for an association between sugar-sweetened beverage intake and obesity risk is inconsistent when adjustment for energy balance is made.

    I was actually on PubMed trying to find that one, and apparently wasn't using the right search parameters.

    Thanks!