Green Tea

I myself haven't seen any peer based studies as to wether or not it helps with weight loss. It does have lots of antioxidents and polyphenols. There have been lots of studies for it's health benefits. here are some reported results from one of the larger long term studies.

Green Tea Benefits

In Women
23% lower risk of dying from any cause
31% lower risk of dying from CVD
62% lower risk of dying from stroke

In Men
12% lower risk of dying from any cause
22% lower risk of dying from CVD
42% lower risk of dying from stroke

Also, I do know that along with caffeine, green tea seems to be one of the primary ingredients in alot of thermogenic formulas. In my opinion, nothing works for everybody but you don't know till you try. It's cheap and can't hurt you. If anything the placebo effect could be a powerful aspect. Just my 2 cents. )

I don't think it adds to my weight loss efforts, but I can say that drinking tea (in place of soda) has cut down on some of the tummy pooch

Tea does not add weight. Just don't go dumping a ton of sugar in it :happy:

I'm testing this too, and agree with above poster that hot tea can be not so great on a hot day. Here's what I'm doing:

I grab 5 or 6 bottles of water (16oz)
Pour off an inch of water
Put in two Tazo Organic Thrive Green tea bags
Put in a few drops of peppermint stevia
Shake up and put bottles in the window for the afternoon
At night, put bottles in the fridge

Next day you're ready to rumble with all your iced peppermint green tea cold and ready.

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I get those little packes that you put in your water bottle i think its iced green tea lemon or mango. They are delicious they dont even need sugar and have 0 calories. I don't think the green tea really does a difference but it works as a drink replacement. I no longer drink sodas Im saving myself a lot of calories!

I drink it all the time. I don't know if it really helps with weight loss, but to me its better than drinking soda. Then again, I haven't had soda since I was 12.

I've been drinking green tea for 3-4 years now, and it didn't have a big impact on my weight loss at all, but I felt better all around. I use the Matcha powder, which the tea leaves ground up into a fine powder. You add the powder to your water, either hot or cold, and enjoy. it's easy to carry around in your purse,doesn't require steeping time and is easy to add to smoothies, yogurt, anything when you want that little extra.

I love tea and I drink at least 5 cups a day. I usually have green tea in the morning and black tea after noontime (for the higher caffeine). I found that replacing soft drinks with tea DEFINITELY helped trim my wasteline only because there isn't any sugar, calories, or nasty manufactured stuff in tea. It's just leaves. I drink my tea without milk or sugar, so it's a calorie/sugar/sodium-free drink.

I've noticed that green tea made my nails stronger. They still break from time to time, but at least I can grow them out past my fingertips, haha!

Also, I've found that different brands of green tea have different tastes. I'm not into the ones that taste like I'm chewing grass. My recommendations? Try Nature's Place Organic Green Tea (I don't care that it's organic, just that it tastes good, haha) or Salada Green Tea. Both don't have as much of a woody taste and they're rather affordable.

Enjoy your tea! =D :drinker:

I put three bags of decaff and three regular in the bottom of my coffee maker and run the water through it to make a pot that I drink all afternoon. I like the taste of green tea, and maybe because I'm Irish, drinking hot tea in hot weather doesn't bother me. I do also make iced green tea. I take mine with a touch of stevia.

I use to hate green tea until I read the benefits . Now I drink green tea everyday at least 2 times a day Usually in the morning and noon