Scroll to the bottom of this article for the "cliffs notes" version.
A high metabolism is the key to success when trying to lose weight. The requisite healthy diet and regular exercise of course always apply, but green tea can assist in revving up a lagging metabolism in ways that diet and exercise by themselves fail.
Green tea has been proven to stimulate your metabolism in surprising, and often amazing ways. For added help with your weight loss regimen, incorporate green tea into your typically daily diet, and you’ll watch the excess pounds melt off, almost effortlessly.
The key antioxidant activates your metabolism
Studies have shown that one of the most powerful antioxidants that green tea contains – the antioxidant EGCG (or epigallocatechin gallate) – has been proven to accelerate both the brain and the central nervous system, which in turn also accelerates the metabolism, thus burning extra pounds.
Indeed, these benefits go far beyond those afforded by mere caffeine, which failed to significantly alter energy output in other studies performed. This led researchers to conclude that the ingredients in green tea interact in such a way as to promote a higher metabolism in a manner that caffeine alone cannot. However, EGCG coupled with caffeine, as in green tea, leads to optimum weight loss results.
Optimal dosage
Studies have shown that the optimal amount of green tea to take in per day for maximum metabolism stimulation is from three to four cups, which translates to a 300 mg to 400 mg capsule of green tea extract each day. Some studies recommend drinking as many as ten cups per day, but three to four appears to suffice according to the majority of studies, when it comes to reaping the metabolic boost that green tea brings about.
More on caffeine
In the opinions of some, caffeine is the cause of the only detrimental factor in drinking green tea or taking green tea extract – namely, the potential for insomnia. Thus, it’s a good idea to avoid drinking large amounts of green tea later in the day.
But caffeine has certain benefits for metabolism-boosting that are not always acknowledged in the way they deserve. Caffeine does contribute to accelerated weight loss in significant ways – but this is only a small part of what makes green tea so valuable a tool for weight loss.
While caffeine assists with weight loss because it raises the heart rate and the body’s energy production for short periods of time, it’s more so the powerful antioxidants in green tea that make it such a useful weight loss tool. The EGCG in green tea interacts with all its key ingredients, caffeine included, to form a potent weight loss elixir that not only works, but also tastes delicious. It all comes together to help you reach your weight loss goals!
As a part of a healthy, balanced diet and a regular exercise routine, green tea can only enhance the human body’s weight loss effects. For all the reasons listed above and many more, green tea works – and it can work for you!
Cliffs Notes:
- Losing weight with a high metabolism is much easier than without it - Burning more calories when you are "resting" will make the weight loss process much easier.
- Green Tea's antioxidant properties kick-start your metabolism - Think of it as being that initial boost your metabolism needed to get going. Once it's working efficiently you could burn up to 40% more calories when resting than without it. That's a powerful boost!
- Drink anywhere from 4 to 10 cups of Green Tea per day (or two capsules of Green Tea Extreme) - Receiving the recommended dosage is key in ensuring that you receive the maximum benefit from Green Tea.
- It's more than just Caffeine - While it is true that caffeine can raise your heart rate and energy consumption levels over short periods of time, Green Tea is much more than caffeine: it's the culmination of all of its ingredients that make it the potent fighter that it is!
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