Does Green Tea Really Speed Metabolism?

I started drinking green tea pretty regularly after my husband bought me a loose tea sampler for Christmas this year. I was shocked to find out that me, a southern girl raised on southern style sweet tea straight out of a mason jar actually liked green tea with lemon and a dash of honey. So I have been drinking a lot of green tea now, because I like it and it gives me my tea fix without all the calories I would have consumed with the mountains of sugar I used to put in tea. But a lot of people say that green tea will speed up your metabolism and help you lose weight. Is that actually true? It just seems like a gimmick to me.

It might help it to a certain degree, but it's not a magical leaf/liquid to drop weight. Enjoy it for what it is.... hot tea.

I don't know if it actually speeds up your metabolism to loose weight but it does make you feel full. I drink hot green tea with a small squirt of honey for a snack or with a snack and it always makes me full until my next meal time. Pure green tea also has a good amount of antioxidants your body needs. So it's still considered a healthy win in my book even if it doesn't speed your metabolism.

Did not work for me, maybe other people are different.

I started drinking green tea a couple of days ago along with eating healthier.
I've been reading up on it on a lot of different sites and some people really do swear by it, for tons of purposes!
If you do some research you'll find there are so many health benefits of green tea.
And it's a great way to get your water intake for the day, which of course is definitely good
I've gotten so used to the taste already I drink it just on it's own, cold and hot.

Even though it only increases your metabolism by a tiny amount, I purposely think it's helps a lot with hunger.
So it will keep you for over eating and being hunger during the day.

so yeah I def think that indirectly it for sure will help with your Weightloss and your health.

side note: not sure if it's just me but it keeps me awake and very alert. I've had 2cups close to bedtime and have stayed up very very late unintentionally so I would recommend only drinking it earlier in the day!

Good luck !

As others have mentioned, yes, it does speed metabolism, but not by any significant degree.

However, if you are replacing your sweet tea with green tea, you are doing your body a world of good! Sweet tea has a LOT of sugar, green tea with a bit of honey has much less. It will help you lose weight not by boosting your metabolism, but because you are consuming fewer calories.

Stick with the green tea!

I agree. I switched from regular coffee with tons of sugar to "black" green tea. I enjoy green tea plain without anything in it. I used to have to put sugar in my coffee to make it palitable. Saving calories just with that.

Keep up the good work! I am learning that finding little replacements like that is making a big difference and I don't feel deprived.

You would need to drink something like 6-12 cups a day in order for it to make a difference.

If you like it than drink it.

But then the honey would negate any of that difference quickly