Green Tea

Mostly they were interested in the weight loss aspect.

There are other health benefits - it helps lower cholesterol, blood pressure, it's antioxidant properties fight the free radicles, it's an antiseptic and fights gum disease and plaque, it gives protection against arthritis, lowers blood sugar, helps burn fat, increases the metabolism.

It's truly an amazing product.

I was so impressed when I started learning about it, that I decided to give it a full section of its own - I couldn't possibly do justice to it in one or two pages on the herb website.

I must admit, I have put on about 20lbs myself over the last 2 years and so I was curious to find out.

The interest was first fuelled by Oprah Winfrey and Dr Perricone as far back as 2004.

He stated on live television that by substituting green tea for coffee, he could guarantee that a person would lose 10lbs in 6 weeks.

That was a mighty powerful claim to make and it turned out to be true.

Here's the transcript from the show - you will see that he explains that it's the insulin levels that are affected and as a consequence, you will lose body fat.

Oprah: Now I've read in your book that you said if I just replaced coffee with green tea instead, that I could lose 10 pounds in six weeks.

Dr. Perricone: Absolutely.

Oprah: Now really. How could that -- what is the big deal about this?

Dr Perricone: Coffee has organic acids that raise your blood sugar, raise insulin. Insulin puts a lock on body fat. When you switch over to the tea, you get your caffeine, you're all set, but you will drop your insulin levels and body fat will fall very rapidly. So 10 pounds in six weeks, I will guarantee it.

Oprah: I'm gonna do that. OK. That is so good! Whoo! That is great.

Well, I must admit I was tempted to give it a try.

I bought some green tea bags and had 3 or 4 cups a day when I would normally have a coffee.

I have in fact lost 3lbs in the first week and I deliberately haven't altered a thing apart from the substitution.

Dieting and Green Tea
Dieting and green tea. The thermogenic properties of green tea are what helps.

Weight Loss
Does it work? Yes it does - give it a try :-)

How to Make Green Tea
Simple instructions for making green tea either with leaves or bags.

Benefits of Green Tea
In addition to weight loss, there are antioxidants present which may protect against cancer.

Green Tea Tablets
Taking supplements will give you a fraction of the caffeine per day. If you need to cut your intake, then tablets are a good option.

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