Anyone struggling with weight should make a beeline for the grocery store and purchase some green tea. This tea not only offers many health benefits, but it also boosts the body’s metabolism and burns stubborn fat. Green tea weight loss is not a myth. Many studies have proven the positive effects of a green tea diet. In fact, you will find green tea or green tea extract as an ingredient in many popular diet foods and supplements. There is a reason the diet industry uses green tea in their products. It works.

Including green tea in your diet will help you burn fat. Green tea contains polyphenols that block your body from turning triglycerides into fat. Without these polyphenols, excess triglycerides in your body get transformed into fat and cause weight gain. The polyphenols in green tea help dissolve the extra triglycerides in your body. If you want to burn more fat, add green tea to your diet.

The polyphenols in green tea also act as a metabolism stimulator. Epigallocatechin gallate, also known as EGCG, is present in green tea and causes thermogenesis to occur in the body. This process burns excess fat by turning it into fuel that your body can use. This gives you more energy throughout the day and rids your body of trapped water and fat. Green tea also contains caffeine, which when combined with EGCG is even more effective in stimulating the body’s metabolism.

Green tea also has a positive effect on exercise. When you take green tea, it helps your body use fatty acids instead of carbohydrates during exercise. This means it takes more time for you to go through your carbohydrate stores, which fuel your body during exercise. Therefore, you can exercise longer and harder. The more you exercise the more calories you will burn and the more muscle you will build. Being leaner and more muscular will further boost your metabolism.

Posted on: September 14th, 2010 by Natural Remedy Reporter

Filed under: Weight Loss

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