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Will Green Tea really help me loose weight. What does it do?

sguterogers
sguterogers Posts: 8 Member
edited February 7 in Health and Weight Loss
There are so many diets that say green tea is so great for you but I'm not sure how and why. I live in China right now so I figured I should go buy some green tea. So now I try to drink a litte cup or 2 or 3 each day. It taste HORRIBLE but I'm getting more used to it. I don't use sugar or creamer because I heard that will defeat the effects of the tea. It did help me not drink wine just a little bit last night. I so badly wanted wine but I had the tea instead. I also wonder if I can count the tea as some of my water intake. What do you think?

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  • Mokey41
    Mokey41 Posts: 5,769 Member
    You can count it as part of your fluid intake, other than that I wouldn't drink it unless you like it.
  • _jordy_
    _jordy_ Posts: 26 Member
    I don't think it does anything in particular.
    Just that drinking black tea over eating food may result in less calories daily.
  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    No. If you don't like it don't drink it. I think it tastes awful too. It's not a magic solution to all your weight loss needs - it is just tea.
  • willrun4bagels
    willrun4bagels Posts: 838 Member
    I don't think it has any effect. I drink 1 cup green tea with white tea for taste (I buy the tea bags like that) every afternoon on days that I work because I like it better than black tea; and because as of September, I went from drinking 6+ cups of coffee per day down to only 1 cup of coffee in the morning, and 1 cup green tea in the afternoon to give me a little caffeine.
  • jcolier
    jcolier Posts: 64
    It's the caffeine that might assist in fat loss, if anything.
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