Loosing weight is not only a healthy trend but also vary popular in today’s society. Everyone of us want to reduce the excessive fats in our body. Everyone has their own in house recipe to keep their body slim. It seems that once a while there will be a new methodology or technique discovered to discard the unwanted fats and the whole world will follow like mad. However, when we look to the Asians, most of them slim and have lovely youthful figures. Modern sciences now validating the secret of green tea that ancestors in Asia knows for hundreds of years.
Green tea is made from unfermented leaves (Camellia sinensis) and yes, green tea is a potent drink that is able to cut down the excessive body fats. Study showed that green tea contains the highest concentration of powerful antioxidants called polyphenols, especially catechins and epigallocatechins (EGCG). Research by Tomonori et al. at year 2007, included 270 Japanese men and women, showed that catechins in green tea is able to reduce body fats, LDL cholesterol and cardiovascular risks.
How green tea slim down your body?
1)Speeding up Fat burning Process
Green tea can increase the process of fat burning in your body. Green tea helps in improving your digestion system by elimination excessive oil from your body. The incredible of polyphenols- commonly known as catechins or flavanol is able to sped up the burning process of your body. Nagao T et al. 2005 showed that green tea was able to activate the body’s thermogenic fat-burning activity.In another word, catechins help to turn your body into a fat burning machines! In this study, an optimal amount of catechins (690 mg) ingested for 12 weeks significantly reduced the subjects’ total fat area, waist circumference, skinfold thickness and subcutaneous fat area! Studies also suggested that drinking green tea for continuous 3 weeks, you will find your belly become smaller and your pants will also become loose.
2) Increase Body Metabolism
It is a well known fact that increase metabolism rate of your body equal to slimming down your body and reduce weight. The good news now is the combination of caffeine and EGCG found in green tea was further shown in the British Journal of Nutrition to significantly increase the resting metabolic rate.A cup of green tea can help you to burn 4-5% more calories.Again thanks to the polyphenols that is abundance in green tea, polyphenols also help to flush out toxins from your body.If toxins and chemical accumulate in your body, over time not only makes you gain weight but also slows down your metabolism. thus, by getting rid of these toxins indirectly help you to loose few pounds and also make you body healthier.
How about the caffeine in green tea?
Green tea is beneficial to our body, however many people also concern about the caffeine in green tea. caffeine can make you feel jittery and nervous. But caffeine in the tea can boost your level of alertness without the jitters. And the fact is green tea contains much lesser caffeine than the coffee. A cup of green tea normally contain 20-30mg of caffeine, while an equal size mug of coffee contain about 80-100mg caffeine. Furthermore, a research by Kakuda et al, 2000 showed that theanine which is abundant in green tea is a caffeine antagonist, it can offsets the effect of caffeine. Theanine also produces a calming effect on the brain (Yokogoshi et al.1998b).
So, remember to enjoy a cuppa of green tea today! Green tea is a healthy drink and it has bunch of benefits to ensure a healthy living