what are your thoughts on green tea extract?

No. Nobody has.

Any results you have had in regards to significantly noticeable weightloss and green tea having a direct effect is coincidence.

I'd love to see how you came to the conclusion that drinking 3 cups of green tea allowed you to somehow gain less weight than without, with all else being equal.

If you like green tea, drink green tea. Ingesting pills will do nada.

missafwilliams wrote: »

I respect your opinion. @cityruss
But that is all that it is Your OPINION.
This is my own true personal results.


I shared because I have done an extensive amount of research on the topic. And would like to be of help to any one else that like myself, is a herbal tea enthusiast.
The green tea plant is a Gem. That many people do not embrace
The green tea extract pills are pure with no other ingredients. Which is equivalent to 3 cups.
So ultimately I have been digesting 6-7 cups. If you don't believe in the power of green tea, well then it's your own misfortune.

We are all on the same journey here, to be the best versions of ourselves. I don't appreciate your rude/ sarcastic demeanour .


Have a lovely day.

It's not really just his opinion. You would be hard pressed to find any reputable scientific organization (like NIH) that would argue that there is a huge increase in EE driven by green tea alone. If anything, green tea is adding additional compliance to your regime, which is helping stick to your goals. If you look at places like examine.com and take a look at the study, most are unreliable and provide little benefit at best.

https://examine.com/supplements/green-tea-catechins/

There really are two main reasons why you lost that much weight in such a period of time; 1. switching to keto decrease the amount of store glycogen in your body (very common) and 2, it's adding dietary compliance and allowing you to cut calories.


ETA: While anecdotal, I would caution some of those who are on medications to see if there are any adverse interactions with herbal teas. My MIL was a huge fan of herbal teas (drank daily) and while in the hospital, one of her specialist cautioned her because many of the teas she drank were interfering with her medications.

I drink a lot of green tea at work mainly to drink something hot that isn't awful like English breakfast tea or coffee but I can say that on it's own, it's ever really contributed to any difference to my weight loss.

I've heard a lot about it being good for you but it doesn't appear to be noticeable.

Factually, it does nothing for fat loss. If you are one to get caught up in placebos and they make you feel better (it sounds like you are and there is nothing wrong with that), by all means, drink it. Just like it won't really help you, it won't hurt you either.

missafwilliams wrote: »

I respect your opinion. @cityruss
But that is all that it is Your OPINION.
This is my own true personal results.

And yo have absolutely no way of knowing it was because of green tea.

IMO, it is nonsense...

missafwilliams wrote: »

Haters are going to hate.
I'll keep doing what works for me. So far I have lost 15 kg, (33 lbs) all by myself. Without all the advice from all the " dietians" on mfp.

Just keep doing what works for you okay loves.

Good luck to all on there journey to self -actualization and weight loss.
Stay safe.

No one is really hating on you. You asked about thoughts and didn't get responses that you wanted. No one here is discrediting you for how much you lost or how you did it. We are trying to give you the science and what we all have learned.

ETA: many of us have gone down these roads before and learned after seeing copious amounts of science.

<--50lb lbs lost.

missafwilliams wrote: »

Haters are going to hate.
I'll keep doing what works for me. So far I have lost 15 kg, (33 lbs) all by myself. Without all the advice from all the " dietians" on mfp.

Just keep doing what works for you okay loves.

Good luck to all on there journey to self -actualization and weight loss.
Stay safe.

You still haven't posted your stats. I'm not trying to get after you, but your previous profile picture showed that you are very thin, (your collarbone was very pronounced, bones in arms sticking out etc). And you've started another thread titled "been overweight and underweight in one lifetime", which indicates that you've had previous issues with being underweight before. I'll bow out of this thread, but it really does sound like there may be some ED issues at play here. I wish you the best, and hope that you can find good health and happiness as you move forward.