Black tea or green tea

victoriarwade

Which is better to drink for weight loss?

Marcatrot

I'm by no means and expert, but I'd say that it makes no difference if you aren't adding anything to either. I know green tea has some other health benefits such as antioxidants, but they both have no calories.

Strokingdiction

Neither. Unless you put a bunch of calories in one rather than the other.

Weight loss = calorie deficit

There is no magical food or drink that will change this.

Ready2Rock206

Neither. It's tea, not magic. Personally I'd drink black because green is gross.

Rushgirl82

I was told by an employee at gnc to drink a black tea before bed to lose weight. I did that and lost about 40 lbs fairly quickly too.
But I also quit drinking beer. So I think the combo helped me a lot. Only thing is its loaded with caffeine and might keep you awake at night if you're sensitive to it.

tennisdude2004

For weight loss - probably neither.

I should think the weight loss benefits of drinking tea are negligible. The only real benefit would be you don't add sugar or milk to green tea, so you cut back on additional calories for that source.

However tea does have anti oxidant properties and the best one to drink for this purpose would be white tea.

JennaLMiller

Marshy129, try black decaf tea maybe?? :-)

Rushgirl82

Marshy129, try black decaf tea maybe?? :-)

As far as I know, it's the caffeine that works the magic while we sleep. Boosts our metabolism. That's what the dude said at gnc anyway and it seemed to work for me.

Jestinia

Both. I go through a box of each every week or two. I sip it hot and unsweetened and if nothing else that curbs the mouth hunger.

But I'm about to go back to drinking more coffee, too, because potassium. Blast the RDA for potassium! So hard to get enough.