Amazing health benefits of Green Tea you don’t know!
10 Reasons to start drinking green tea today!
For 1000’s of years Green tea is known as medicinal herb in Asian countries. It’s just not a tasty beverage; it has been used to cure various health problems including headaches and depression! Now, various studies conducted on green tea have proven that it’s effective in weight loss as well.
Natural energy booster- avoid unnecessary snacking between meals
By drinking a lot of tea, it reduces the chances of wanting to snack or drink something that may be of a higher calorific content. Green Tea helps to burn energy. A study has found that regular Green Tea drinkers burn as much as 4% more energy than those who do not.
Antioxidant – flush toxin out of your body!
Green tea works by intensifying the level of fat oxidation and Thermogenesis (the rate at which your body burns calories) It helps to block the absorption of fat and regulates glucose by preventing the blood sugar to rise too quickly after a meal. If this occurs, high levels of Insulin are then produced which leads to fat being stored.
Boost metabolism – let your body burn more fat quickly!
Drinking Green Tea speeds up the metabolic rate considerably helping to accelerate the loss of stored fat and helps to reduce fat storage. This makes it ideal for people who want to shift the fat that they already have on their body, but it also helps to limit the amount of fat that you digest and store on various parts of your body where weight gain might be more prominent such as your waist, thighs, chest or hips.
Control your appetite – avoid overeating
Green tea is proven that it helps reduce appetite. This is due to the blood sugar regulating effects, appetite is then suppressed. An experiment conducted by the University of Chicago showed that rats that were injected with an extract of Green Tea consumed up to 60% less food.
Cholesterol controller – reduce the risk of heart attach!
It has mild cholesterol lowering levels by helping to decrease bad cholesterol (LDL) and increasing the good cholesterol (HDL). Research has recommended that up to 10 cups of Green Tea a day is required to achieve real noticeable benefits from daily consumption of Green Tea. It is most effective in a dose of 200-300 milligrams per day, split into 3 divided doses. While green tea extract is very effective when taken alone but when combined with a healthy diet and regular exercise program it will enable you to lose the pounds quicker than any other diet or exercise program.
Get your minerals and vitamins!
Green Tea consists of Vitamins, Minerals and Caffeine however, the main active ingredients that attribute to Green Tea’s health benefits are Polyphenols such as Catechin, Epicatechin, Epicatechin gallate, Gallocatechin, Epigallocatechin and Apigallocatechin gallate (commonly known as EGCG).
EGCG is a natural antioxidant that effectively assists in burning off calories. The catechin in Green Tea is what regulates the production of Glucose and helps to inhibit the rise of insulin after a meal that encourages the build up of fat. By regular drinking of Green Tea, metabolic rate and energy expenditure is multiplied by a rate of 4%
Live Longer – Powerful Anti ageing supplement
According to Dr. Daniel Amen, Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Humon Behaviors at the University of California, you can add 5 years to your life if you drink green tea. In his blog post he said “Green tea is the secret of longevity!
Weight Loss – a slimmer body for you
For a weight loss program to be at its most effective they require two elements. The body must consume less fuel and burn more energy. Green Tea fulfils this. There is natural caffeine in green tea which helps in aiding weight loss.
