Green Tea And Weight Loss
Is there really any relation between Green Tea and Weight Loss?
Green tea is know for its high amounts of catechin polyfenols. These, along with other chemicals will intensify your levels of fat oxidation and thermogenesis – this happens when the human body produces heat, by burning fat.
What are the Green Tea benefits?
- Lower cholesterol
- Increased thermogenesis
- Enhanced fat oxidation
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Less cholesterol, more energy
There are more benefits from Green Tea, besides those already mentioned. Green Tea releases carbohydrates in a slow process, thus preventing peak increases in blood-insulin levels. This alone, promotes fat burning.
According to medics:
The thermogenic effect was originally attributed to its caffeine content. However, green tea stimulates brown fat thermogenesis far greater than a comparable amount of pure caffeine.
It appears that the catechin-polyphenols, in particular epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), and caffeine that naturally occur in green tea work synergistically to stimulate thermogenesis and augment and prolong sympathetic stimulation of thermogenesis.
It has been shown to increase 24-hour energy expenditure and fat oxidation (caffeine only increases metabolism during the time you take it).
Excess weight is gained because of too much sugar and fat being stored in our body as fat cells. Green Tea’s active compounds will help preventing this.
