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Monday, June 23, 2008

Is There a Correlation Between Green Tea and Weight Loss?

Lots of diet products have flooded the market saying that they contain green tea extract and claiming that green tea can help you lose weight but is there really a correlation between green tea and weight loss? There is no scientific proof that there is any direct relationship between green tea and weight loss but there are a lot of benefits to the body from drinking tea so it’s possible that green tea and weight loss could be related. Green tea is rich in antioxidants, which are great at helping your body fight free radicals and also help keep you healthy. The health benefits of green tea have been proven. So it’s possible that green tea and weight loss are indirectly related because if your body is healthy then it will function more efficiently and if your body is functioning at a highly efficient level your body will automatically boost your metabolism, burn more fat for energy and cause you to lose weight. But there is no direct evidencing linking green tea and weight loss so even though many of the diet pills and diet products claim that the green tea extract they contain will boost your metabolism and burn fat there is no real evidence to back up those claims. Green tea could be helpful in losing weight because it makes you healthier but there is no real proof that green tea or green tea extract will cause any direct fat burning or directly cause your metabolism to increase.

There are a lot of commercial green tea products available on the market that say that drinking green tea and weight loss are linked so that if you have a green tea instead of a soda you are burning fat but that is not true. When you buy a green tea beverage you are buying a refreshing beverage and that’s all. Look at the ingredients in that drink before you buy it and chances are good that it has sugar or a sugar substitute in it. A sugared tea isn’t going to help you lose weight even if it’s green tea. And green tea is no miracle product to help you lose weight. Everyone wants a quick fix and it’s nice to think that just drinking tea or just taking a pill with green tea extract in it could help you lose all that extra weight but there really is no magic pill or tea to help you lose weight. Experts agree that the only way to really and effectively lose weight is to control the calories that you eat and exercise more. There is just no getting around the fact that in order to lose weight and keep it off you have to do the work. You have to eat less and exercise more. Green tea is very healthy and you should drink it for that reason, and it’s very refreshing as well but there is no proven correlation between green tea and weight loss so if you’re taking green tea extract or drinking green tea to lose weight it probably won’t work.

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