Does green tea help with weight loss?

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Pastor_John
Pastor_John Posts: 33
in Health and Weight Loss
mixed with deit and exercise? Does it speed the process a bit?

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  • lemonsnowdrop
    lemonsnowdrop Posts: 1,298 Member
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    No. I'm pretty sure I've said that before.
  • shadow2soul
    shadow2soul Posts: 7,692 Member
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    No, but it is good for you.

    http://umm.edu/health/medical/altmed/herb/green-tea/
  • Aaron_K123
    Aaron_K123 Posts: 7,122 Member
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    I bet it does ever so slightly. Green tea has caffeine in it. Caffeine elevates your heart rate. Elevated heart rate you burn more calories. Is it going to make much difference? No probably not. Personally I find if I'm bringing intensity to my workouts my heart is beating pretty hard as is and if I had caffeine before hand it actually beats too fast and I find it difficult to workout quite as hard so I think it kind of defeats the purpose.

    If you are just sitting on the couch though I imagine it still elevates your heart rate for a bit and during that hour your BMR would be ever slightly higher. Most certainly not going to make or break a diet though.

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