Green Tea for Weight loss

We must have heard or must be aware that green is an excellent antioxidant, which protect our body from several diseases whilst prevent radical damage. Recently, many research found that green tea also helps in weight loss.

Green tea has been highly considered for its ability to aid in weight loss that it has been included in many popular weight loss supplements.

How Does Green Tea for Weight loss Work?

Green tea leaves are heat producing plant. Consumption of green tea increases the metabolism rate in our body. Green tea boost energy level, raise the metabolism rate and thereby helps in weight loss.
Green tea is also regulates glucose level in our body that helps in weight loss by reducing the action of digestive enzyme known as amylase.

Amylase is very important in metabolizing and breakdown of carbohydrates. This indicates that green tea can mellow down the blood sugar level that generally happens after a meal and stabilize blood sugar level that may otherwise result in extra eating. Green tea also increases metabolic rate, which further leads to greater calorie burn that contributes to weigh loss.

Weight gain generally happens when there is an additional supply of fats and sugar that are stored in our body as fat cells. Green tea helps in reducing weight by slowing down the movement of glucose in fat cells.

How to consume green tea to in order to reduce weight

There are two ways of consuming green tea that can help you in shedding down extra pounds. First, you can start drink green tea in a same way as we drink black tea. Select a reputed and trusted brand of green tea at a natural grocer or at any health food store, and have several cups of green tea regularly. Have at least 4-5 cups of green tea. If possible, don’t add sugar or milk in green tea. You can as well have a green tea extract in the form of a diet supplement.

Why is green tea good for us?

Green tea has medicinal powers, it contains more nutritional benefits as in green tea; tea leaves are boiled and not fermented (as in case of black tea).

How much Green Tea should one have?

Generally 2-3 cups of green tea is suffice to provide medicinal benefits to an individual. If your target is weight loss, you need to have 5-8 cups of the liquid. Though no research has proved how many cups exactly would do well. If you can’t have it in tea form, you can try having it as supplements, which should be of high quality.