green tea for weight loss

Green tea and weight loss

Weight loss has become a real challenge in today’s world that gives us unlimited access to a high calorie diet. It is easy to pile on calories with the burgers, pizzas and the variety of fast food available to us. This greasy and heavy food is much more gratifying than the frugal plain diet needed for a slim body. So, people go on a hunt for weight loss regimes, spending hours in a gym and loads of money on fancy diets . It’s like they will try anything from pills to liposuction, some even going for drastic measures as gastrointestinal (bariatric) surgery. But here is a fun way to get rid of that flab with better prospects for a healthy life. This is a way followed by the Chinese people since the last 4000 years. They drink green tea, for various health benefits and weight loss.

Green tea : How does it work?

Whenever our calorie intake exceeds the calorie burning process, the extra calories tend to get store in our body as fat molecules. These fat molecules get deposited as layers of fat in our body. So , anything that either helps us to burn these extra calories or prevent the buildup of fat tissue, will help us to loose and keep the extra weight off.

Green tea has components as  caffeine theophyline, salubrious polyphenols, theobromine,vitamins, saponins and epigallo catechine. Green tea also coatins tocopherols, vitamin c, caroteoids, and minerals as zinc and managanes. The catechin polyphenols are known to increase the burning of fat . They do so by a process called as thermo genesis. Thermo genesis is the process of natural heat production in our bodies. The components in green tea, increase this process and fuel up our metabolism, helping our bodies to burn fat faster than normal. This effect is found in caffeine also, but caffeine works for only a limited time period after its intake. Green tea works in the complete 24 hour cycle and helps one burn the fat off. It keeps our body metabolism fast and working throughout the day.

It is also found that the green tea catechins ( EGCG) prevent the conversion of glucose molecules into fat molecules, hence preventing the deposition of excess glucose as fat.

Green tea not only has enhanced fat burning role but also have anti oxidants that help fighting cancer. It is known to improve brain , heart and urinary function. It is also known to reduce appetite and maintain healthy levels of LDL.

So , green tea works by :

·       Controlling our appetite(giving us a full feeling)

·       Burning the extra calories faster

·       Preventing the left surplus calories from converting into body fat

The best part of using green tea for weight loss is that , it has no side effects and is a healthier, tastier option. It has no risks that the weight loss pills seldom hide from their consumers.

What else to consider?

Green tea is an excellent way to maintain healthy weight. But the maximum weight loss attained by it will not be enough if one has to lose a lot of weight. It cannot be a replacement of other weight loss regimes. But when used with other techniques, green tea can work wonders for you. So, follow a healthy diet and a well designed workout routine for weight loss. And use green tea along with it to shed those few pounds. Green tea will also help you to maintain the achieved weight. Not only does it have these health benefits, but it also tastes good. This is the reason that green tea is an increasingly chosen option over regular tea , coffee and other beverages. So, opt for green tea and drink your way to weight loss and a healthy body.