Green tea diets have been around for some time. Like hoodia, it seems to be in all sorts of products for weight loss.
Their popularity increased once celebrities started to promote them. Now you see green tea in several products for its anti-aging and antioxidant effects, as well as for weight loss.
The Green Tea diet is not a liquid fad diet where you drink green tea morning, noon, and night to lose weight. The properties of green tea have been shown to speed up the metabolism of the person drinking it.
It’s almost like eating a really hot pepper. The body goes through a thermogenic reaction. Heat is released and the body’s metabolism gets a jumpstart. You don’t have to only drink tea to get this reaction.
The caffeine also contributes to this reaction, so in that it is not much different from many of the other over the counter weight loss medications, which are loaded with caffeine in order to curb appetite.
Green tea works in conjunction with the body. Adding green tea to your healthy eating plan is enough to enjoy the effects of the ingredients in the tea. Drinking the tea reduces the appetite too.
The blood sugar remains stable when green tea is drunk on a regular basis. Essentially, it helps you to feel full longer, and keeps you from being hungry all the time.
Again, any liquid will help you achieve this effect, so long as it does not have too many calories in it.
