The morning after your Christmas parties, drink plenty of Green Tea. It will help you detox and aids fat loss. Tea is the most universally consumed beverage. The Chinese believe that drinking tea promotes good health and longevity. Recent studies investigating tea and health have, in fact, linked tea drinking with positive health effects on cardiovascular diseases, cancer, insulin activity, bone mineral density, arthritis and even cataracts.
Don’t think that a couple of cups of green tea are going to mask the effects of a pint of ice cream!”
Tea and Fat Loss
When we get down to the basics, there are two ways to lose weight: Eat fewer calories or burn more calories. Along with work by behavioural therapists trying to help people change their eating habits, nutrition scientists have been investigating how to aid energy expenditure and fat burning.
This quest has led them to several extracts from plants that have thermogenic, or heat-generating properties, including caffeine from coffee and tea, ephedrine from ephedra, and capsaicin from pungent spices. The thermogenic effect of tea has generally been attributed to its caffeine content. Recent studies show that it may not be the caffeine alone, but the interaction of other important compounds called catechin-polyphenols in the tea with caffeine that produces the greatest thermogenic effect, along with the added bonus of increased fat burning.Although more research is needed, especially on women, it appears that the combination of catechin polyphenols and caffeine in tea may be a great way to help control body weight and possibly even lose weight. Even though 80 calories per day may seem like nothing (after all, its just a half a bagel), if you add up 80 calories per day for a year, that’s 29,200 calories, or almost 8.5 pounds! However don’t think that a couple of cups of green tea are going to mask the effects of a pint of ice cream!
Green Tea to Detox your liver
Green Tea Extract contains natural antioxidant compounds known as polyphenols useful in supporting natural liver detoxification. Recent Studies have shown that Green Tea can protect the liver from the toxicity of alcohol and drug abuse. It can also help reverse the damage already caused by alcohol abuse.
Green Tea is a very Potent and Powerful Antioxidant for your Liver. So The day after your Christmas drink plenty of green tea!!
This article was written by Rosaria from the Klinik.
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