green tea?!!!

not true.

Only drink green tea if you enjoy it.

I like bigelow brand.

janjunie wrote: »

Green tea does not help you lose weight.
I love the taste of green tea though, my favourite is tazo's zen.

This^

I like many flavored green teas. Lipton's SuperFruit Red Goji and Raspberry tea is yummy. The Dragon Fruit & Melon one tastes weird to me.

The thing to keep in mind with green tea, if the water is too hot you can scald the tea leaves. You want the water "just about" boiling. Scalding green tea leaves makes the tea bitter.

kikijewell89 wrote: »

I've been reading alot of studies that suggest that drinking 3 cups a day aids in a substantial amount in long term weight loss..

Studies??? Or articles/blogs?

Could you provide us with links to those studies?

kikijewell89 wrote: »

I've been reading alot of studies that suggest that drinking 3 cups a day aids in a substantial amount in long term weight loss..

Links to those studies would help if you want to discuss them. The older studies I've seen all show a tiny impact on.metabolism - around 4-5% which would allow you to eat maybe 50-100 extea calories. For most people, that's still witjin the margin of error that comes along with calorie counting. But as I said, those were older studies and not conclusive.

kikijewell89 wrote: »

Yes! Studies, not doctor oz, not blogs. Studies.. Here's one, there are several others you can look up yourself. Http://news.psu.edu/story/310179/2014/04/02/research/reasearch-suggests-green-tea-exercise-boost-weight-loss-health

Http://news.psu.edu/story/310179/2014/04/02/research/research-suggests-green-tea-exercise-boost-weight-loss-health

kikijewell89 wrote: »

http://news.psu.edu/story/310179/2014/04/02/research/research-suggests-green-tea-exercise-boost-weight-loss-health

That's an article...not a study.

Articles tend to hose up the actual science reporting, as we've seen with the WHO cancer & Lustig sugar studies being reported on just the last couple days.

The first word in the article is "Mice". 'Nuff said.

kikijewell89 wrote: »

It most definitely doesn't hurt to give green tea a try. This was not posted as a debate as to whether or not green tea WILL make you loose weight, it contains healthy properties, and if there are several doctors and Studies suggesting that it may help, than it certainly doesn't hurt to try. I may be new to MFP. But I'm pretty sure the goal is to motivate and encourage. Like I said it doesn't hurt to give it a TRY

As a counterpoint, I would say that the energy that we spend trying and doing things that are irrelevant to weight loss in an attempt to lose weight DO hurt us if that energy could better be used planning and executing activities that WILL help us meet our goals.

I say this as someone who tried a lot of these random tips and tricks over the years. If you like green tea, it certainly doesn't hurt to drink it. But if you wouldn't otherwise drink it, drinking it in the hopes you will lose weight isn't helpful. It's much better to use that planning, will power, and determination on the actions that we know will result in weight loss.

It could help, but it really think the reasons it helps are more due to other factors, not the tea itself. I love green tea in the afternoon with a snack because it has just enough caffeine to get me through but not so much that I can't get to sleep. I once read about a man who decided to start drinking a cup at the end of each meal as an external que that meal time is over so he wouldn't keep snacking. I think what people are trying to say is that no one single thing will make you lose weight, but rather a series of changes to all your poor habits. If you like tea, drink it, but just avoid the idea that the tea is doing anything except functioning as a warm beverage.

kikijewell89 wrote: »

It most definitely doesn't hurt to give green tea a try. This was not posted as a debate as to whether or not green tea WILL make you loose weight, it contains healthy properties, and if there are several doctors and Studies suggesting that it may help, than it certainly doesn't hurt to try. I may be new to MFP. But I'm pretty sure the goal is to motivate and encourage. Like I said it doesn't hurt to give it a TRY

That article is super interesting, especially considering that they used decaffeinated tea. I totally agree with you, while whether or not green tea helps people lose fat is still up in the air, the antioxidants and other health benefits make it more than worth giving it a go. Green tea has also been shown to lower blood sugar when taken with meals (which can help improve insulin sensitivity).

I like to drink green tea as matcha (and matcha lattes!), but getting good quality is expensive. I generally get the culinary grade Maeda-en brand. Its also great for baking and smoothies and gives everything a really pretty green color. I try to keep it to 1 cup a day too keep my consumed caffeine in check.