A Cup of Tea Helps Burn Fat and Extra Calories!

I never used to be a tea drinker until I discovered drinking a certain combination of teas, safely burns fat and boosts my metabolism. I take a few minutes every day to relax and enjoy an exotic combination of white, red and Matcha green teas to help me burn calories more efficiently. It is a part of my day I really look forward to. These three types of tea are ranked as leading health-giving substances in traditional Chinese medicine and have been known for centuries to have many positive properties

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Benefits of Green Tea

Research has shown that even though, green tea contains caffeine (about half as much as coffee) it does not significantly raise people’s heart rates.  This led to a conclusion that green tea helps people to lose weight naturally and safely. The secret to its effectiveness lies in the high concentrations of polyphenols. These compounds work with other chemicals to intensify levels of fat oxidation and thermogenesis, where heat is created in the body by burning fuels such as fat. 

Green tea prevents sharp increases of insulin in the blood.  Remember insulin stimulates the body to store fat.  As a result, fat is burned faster without being “locked” in the fat cells. 

There is also evidence that green tea’s polyphenols (EGCG) helps to depress leptin, a protein produced by fats that plays an important role in how the body manages fat storage through brain signals. Lower leptin levels decrease the appetite.

According to the “American Journal of Clinical Nutrition”, November 1999,   green tea increases noradrenaline levels. Noradrenaline is a chemical neurotransmitter in the nervous system that plays a major role in activation of brown fat tissue. Activation of brown fat is significant, because it burns calories from the white fat located around our waistline, hips and thighs.

Is this a magic solution to weight loss?

No. However, that being said, just by drinking one cup of tea a day I burn about an extra 78 calories.  That’s over 28.000 calories in a year, or about 8 pounds of weight.  I combine this with a healthy lifelong approach to weight and fitness.

Why Matcha Green tea from Japan ? It is the highest quality health-promoting tea available.  Matcha stands head and shoulders above the rest in delivering the highest quality and health-promoting benefits. Made from the finest, youngest leaves of the first harvesting days in Japan , this tea secures a special place in the sacred Japanese Tea Ceremony called Chado.

Matcha, a powdered green tea, comes from the same plant as black teas, but remains unfermented. It is then ground into a fine green powder so that you receive benefits from the entire tea leaf.  Matcha is Japan ’s highest grade of tea. It is made from gyokuro, a green tea that has been grown under 90% shade 21 days prior to harvest, greatly increasing it’s nutrient content.  Matcha contains 10 to 200 times the antioxidant levels of normal green tea (this is greener than green superfood It also contains the amino acid L-theanine, and has the paradoxical effect of causing relaxation & alertness simultaneously

Additional benefits of Green tea:

• protects the cardiovascular system
• reduces high blood sugar
• a cup of green tea contains about 15 to 30 mg of caffeine, but because it also contains theanine (an amino acid that calms) it counteracts the effects of caffeine
• Polyphenols in green tea, have been associated with cancer prevention. One cup of green tea provides 10-40 mg of polyphenols and has antioxidant effects greater than a serving of broccoli, spinach, carrots, or strawberries.
• Boston University Schools of Medicine & Public Health " Drinking green tea may help protect women from getting breast cancer.
• WebMD Medical News January 26, 2003 " Catechins in green tea not only help burn calories, but also they lower LDL cholesterol”.

                                         Benefits of Rooibos Red Tea
Roobios (pronounced roy-boss) is a  native plant (herb) only found in Cedarburg mountain regions of South Africa where it is known as "The Miracle Tea" or "Long Life Tea"

• May reduce aging of the skin, muscles, internal organs & brain.
• Naturally high in Super Oxide Dismutase (SOD), an outstanding antioxidant and a prime preventative of free radical damage.
• Reported to be  beneficial in treating insomnia, irritability, headaches, cataracts, nervous tension & hypertension
  
                                             Benefits of White Tea

White tea is made from immature tea leaves that are picked shortly before the buds have fully opened. The tea takes its name from the silver fuzz that still covers the buds, which turns white when the tea is dried. Tea leaves destined to be sold as white tea undergo even less processing than green tea leaves. Instead of air-drying, the unwithered leaves are merely steamed.

The result? A pale tea with a sweet, silky flavor. Leaving tea leaves so close to their natural state means that white tea contains more polyphenols, the powerful anti-oxidant that fights and kills cancer-causing cells, than any other type of tea.

Need another reason to drink white tea? A 2004 study at Pace University concluded that white tea can help your body’s immune system fight off viruses and dangerous infection-causing bacteria. The same study concluded that fluoride-rich white tea helps prevent the growth of dental plaque, the chief cause of tooth decay.

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