Green tea!?

Jayj180894
Jayj180894 Posts: 286 Member
edited November 15 in Health and Weight Loss
I love green tea! I drink around 5 cups a day as it's just my hot beverage. I've read numerous arrivals about how it helps with weight loss? But I also was watching a documentary and a nurse got asked if green tea helps lose weight and she said "If it did make you lose weight, do you not think we'd be funding it" meaning the NHS. What do you think??
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  • cityruss
    cityruss Posts: 2,493 Member
    https://examine.com/supplements/green-tea-catechins/
  • _Crackers_
    _Crackers_ Posts: 11 Member
    I don't drink it with milk like I do my coffee. Less liquid cals and its better then drinking hot water. So for me it's good for weight loss regardless of any health benefit that may be there.
  • Jayj180894
    Jayj180894 Posts: 286 Member
    I just love it! I'm just glad it is healthy because I don't think I could give it up
  • Jayj180894
    Jayj180894 Posts: 286 Member
    SuzySunshine99 wrote: »
    Tea in general is a great craving-buster for me. I drink it between meals to curb the mindless snacking. Sipping some chai right now...mmmm...

    It's a life saver lol it's tasty I can't make a day without it hehe
  • sgt1372
    sgt1372 Posts: 3,997 Member
    Caffeine in tea (not just green) and coffee is the "active" ingredient that MAY contribute to weight loss by increasing energy and metabolism while also supressing appetite.

    Hard to measure how much caffeine you're in ingesting unless you are taking it in pill form. It's also possible to take too much caffeine, which can cause the jitters or an elevated heart rate and contribute to an addiction. Pregnant women and people w/heart problems are at risk for excess caffeine.
  • WickAndArtoo
    WickAndArtoo Posts: 773 Member
    Me too! I've read all sorts of articles about it being helpful for weight loss, not sure if it truly Is but I drink tea (all different kinds) anytime I am about to "boredom eat" it makes me feel like I'm doing something healthy AND fighting cravings... so in my case it's definitely great for weight loss :) I don't put in any sweeteners or milks... I just buy flavors that are naturally sweeter so that I have lots of choices.
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  • FreyasRebirth
    FreyasRebirth Posts: 514 Member
    I drink green tea as a no-calorie alternative to (yucky) black coffee.
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    Chef_Barbell wrote: »
    It's a drink that has no magical weight loss properties other than being low/no calorie.

    So much this
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    I absolutely detest green tea :confounded: If it had any magical weight loss properties I'd be drinking it by the gallon... While holding my nose. If only weight loss was as easy as just drinking a few cups of green tea everyday.
  • Kuulei8089691
    Kuulei8089691 Posts: 3 Member
    Check out nermous teas and their benefits. I explore my teas to aid what I'm reaching for. Mostly no caffine and a bit of honey it can make a great hot or iced drinks.
  • PaulaWallaDingDong
    PaulaWallaDingDong Posts: 4,647 Member
    edited January 2017
    Kuulei8089691 wrote: »
    Check out nermous teas and their benefits. I explore my teas to aid what I'm reaching for. Mostly no caffine and a bit of honey it can make a great hot or iced drinks.

    For what are you reaching that this will aid?
  • cerise_noir
    cerise_noir Posts: 5,468 Member
    Alatariel75 wrote: »
    Green tea *extract* was found in clinical studies to have a minor effect on metabolism when taken in very, very large amounts.

    Woo-meisters and charlatans grabbed onto this with both hands and started trumpeting that green tea was the latest weight loss miracle.

    This!
  • Juliarosemary66
    Juliarosemary66 Posts: 64 Member
    Aside from being low calorie green tea has no magic weight lose properties. I watched a UK TV show about it and the quantity you need to have to help weight loss is huge and really not possible. I drink it every day as a water substitute as I like it
  • DietVanillaCoke
    DietVanillaCoke Posts: 259 Member
    As others have said, there's nothing magic about it, and it won't make the lbs fall off.

    It does however stop me from drinking garbage. I could easily drink 4-8 cans of coke a day. I now have around 2-3 cups of tea and they help me throughout the day but they weren't the reason i lost weight. A calorie deficit is how i lost weight =)
  • RuNaRoUnDaFiEld
    RuNaRoUnDaFiEld Posts: 5,864 Member
    Gold star to the nurse. She hit the nail on the head.
  • EternalSnow627_
    EternalSnow627_ Posts: 85 Member
    it does have heath bennifits it has antitoxidents. It makes skin look great it can prevent some diseases and stuff if u drink atleast 2-3 cups a day. But it can be used as weight loss too cause green tea is an ingridnent in some weightloss medications
  • Chef_Barbell
    Chef_Barbell Posts: 6,644 Member
    EternalSnow86 wrote: »
    it does have heath bennifits it has antitoxidents. It makes skin look great it can prevent some diseases and stuff if u drink atleast 2-3 cups a day. But it can be used as weight loss too cause green tea is an ingridnent in some weightloss medications

    No. Just no.
  • PaulaWallaDingDong
    PaulaWallaDingDong Posts: 4,647 Member
    edited January 2017
    EternalSnow86 wrote: »
    it does have heath bennifits it has antitoxidents. It makes skin look great it can prevent some diseases and stuff if u drink atleast 2-3 cups a day. But it can be used as weight loss too cause green tea is an ingridnent in some weightloss medications

    By "medications" do you mean capsules filled with ??? sold on store shelves as "fat burners?" Because those are trash and NOT medications. There are only a few actual drugs approved for aiding weight loss and none of them have green tea, and I personally would not mess with those either.
  • AnvilHead
    AnvilHead Posts: 18,343 Member
    EternalSnow86 wrote: »
    it does have heath bennifits it has antitoxidents. It makes skin look great it can prevent some diseases and stuff if u drink atleast 2-3 cups a day. But it can be used as weight loss too cause green tea is an ingridnent in some weightloss medications

    No, it's an ingredient in some weight loss "supplements". All of which are completely useless and do nothing but make your wallet lighter. There is no magic pill for weight loss. If there was, we wouldn't have somewhere around 30-40% of our population walking around obese.
  • farrell16
    farrell16 Posts: 49 Member
    chloehallam180894 wrote: »
    I love green tea! I drink around 5 cups a day as it's just my hot beverage. I've read numerous arrivals about how it helps with weight loss? But I also was watching a documentary and a nurse got asked if green tea helps lose weight and she said "If it did make you lose weight, do you not think we'd be funding it" meaning the NHS. What do you think??

    It does indeed help but the dose level states you need to get at least 136 mg of EGCG and at least 75 mg of caffeine minimum.

    Standard cup of green tea if steeped for reasonable period of time can contain up to 71 mg EGCG and between 35 and 75mg of caffiene, so technically 2 cups should provide some assistance. Its not magic by any means but yes it does assist.

    It should be noted the studies were not really on the tea as a beverage but on capsule and powdered extracts from green tea. That being said no logical reason to doubt similar effects with the tea in similar potency of the actives (EGCG and Caffeine)

    Here is the Government monograph as far as claims and doses approved by Health Canada: (Link for full info: http://webprod.hc-sc.gc.ca/nhpid-bdipsn/atReq.do?atid=greentea_thevert&lang=eng):


    Green Tea Extracts

    This monograph is intended to serve as a guide to industry for the preparation of Product Licence Applications (PLAs) and labels for natural health product market authorization. It is not intended to be a comprehensive review of the medicinal ingredient.

    Proper name(s)

    Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze, synonym: Thea sinensis L. (Theaceae) (USDA 2007)
    Common name(s)

    Green tea extract, Camellia sinensis extract, Thea sinensis extract (Westerterp-Plantenga et al. 2005; Henning et al. 2004; McGuffin et al. 2000)
    Source material(s)

    Leaf (Nagao et al. 2005; Chantre and Lairon 2002)
    Route(s) of administration

    Oral
    Dosage form(s)

    Use(s) or Purpose(s)

    Statement(s) to the effect of:

    To be used with a program of reduced intake of dietary calories and increased physical activity (if possible) to help in weight management (Nagao et al. 2005; Westerterp-Plantenga et al. 2005; Chantre and Lairon 2002; Dulloo et al. 1999)
    Dose(s)

    Weight management

    Extracts providing 136-300 mg (-)-epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) and 75-150 mg caffeine, with an EGCG:caffeine ratio of 1.8:1 to 4:1, per day (Nagao et al. 2005; Westerterp-Plantenga et al. 2005; Chantre and Lairon 2002)

  • CafeRacer808
    CafeRacer808 Posts: 2,396 Member
    Noel_57 wrote: »
    farrell16 wrote: »
    To be used with a program of reduced intake of dietary calories and increased physical activity (if possible) to help in weight management
    And there you go. The classic disclaimer for OTC products promising weight reduction. Eating kitty litter will cause weight loss, if combined with with a reduction in calories, and exercise.

    Kitty litter is the new ACV. :D
  • SoDamnHungry
    SoDamnHungry Posts: 6,998 Member
    I wish. I'd have lost ten pounds when I replaced a couple of glasses of water a day with green tea.
  • vingogly
    vingogly Posts: 1,785 Member
    Drinking it is good for you in a number of ways. Losing weight isn't one of them.
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