The Green Tea/Caffeine Combination For Weight Loss

[Guest guest]

Free-Reprint Article Written by: Jon M. Stout

See Terms of Reprint Below.

*****************************************************************

*

* This email is being delivered directly to members of the group:

*

*

*

*****************************************************************

We have moved our TERMS OF REPRINT to the end of the article.

Be certain to read our TERMS OF REPRINT and honor our TERMS

OF REPRINT when you use this article. Thank you.

This article has been distributed by:

http://Article-Distribution.com

Helpful Link:

The Digital Millennium Copyright Act - Overview

http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/iclp/dmca1.htm

---------------------------------------------------------------------

Article Title:

==============

The Green Tea/Caffeine Combination For Weight Loss

Article Description:

====================

In recent years, the subject of green tea has garnered a great

deal of attention. Green tea has been touted for its

anti-oxidants and their unique ability to prevent illness and

fight aging. Green tea has also been purported to help with

weight loss, and it has been assumed that tea's anti-oxidants

were also responsible for this benefit. However, some findings

are suggesting that it's not just the anti-oxidants alone that

make green tea an effective weight loss supplement.

Additional Article Information:

===============================

835 Words; formatted to 65 Characters per Line

Distribution Date and Time: 2007-03-15 10:00:00

Written By: Jon M. Stout

Copyright: 2007

Contact Email: mailto:jon.stout@...

Jon M. Stout's Picture URL:

http://www.thephantomwriters.com/client-img/jon-stout.jpg

For more free-reprint articles by Jon M. Stout, please visit:

http://thePhantomWriters.com/free_content/d/index.shtml#Jon_M._Stout

=============================================

Special Notice For Publishers and Webmasters:

=============================================

If you use this article on your website or in your ezine,

We Want To Know About It. Use the following URL to let

us know where you have used this article, and we will

include a link to your website on thePhantomWriters.com:

http://thephantomwriters.com/notify.php?id=4523 & p=load

HTML Copy-and-Paste and TEXT Copy-and-Paste

Versions Of Article Are Available at:

http://thePhantomWriters.com/free_content/db/s/green-tea-caffeine-combination.sh\

tml#get_code

---------------------------------------------------------------------

The Green Tea/Caffeine Combination For Weight Loss

Copyright © 2007 Jon M. Stout

Golden Moon Tea

http://www.GoldenMoonTea.com

In recent years, the subject of green tea has garnered a great

deal of attention. Green tea has been touted for its

anti-oxidants and their unique ability to prevent illness and

fight aging. Green tea has also been purported to help with

weight loss, and it has been assumed that tea's anti-oxidants

were also responsible for this benefit. However, some findings

are suggesting that it's not just the anti-oxidants alone that

make green tea an effective weight loss supplement.

It appears that it's the combination of green tea with caffeine

that works magic for weight loss. This two-fold approach of green

tea's anti-oxidants (polyphenols) combined with caffeine appear

to have an effect that neither substance can have on its own.

Green tea's caffeine is unique, in that it doesn't appear to

raise the heart rate or blood pressure the way that other forms

of caffeine do. So green tea is a good choice for dieters who are

caffeine sensitive. And, we know that caffeine speeds up the

metabolism, helping us to burn more calories each day. So, the

caffeine in green tea, while not appearing to significantly raise

the heart rate or blood pressure, does seem to raise the

metabolic rate.

Green tea also seems to be helpful for weight loss because of its

potent anti-oxidants. Tea's polyphenols have been shown to have

many health benefits because they combat free radicals in the

body that can cause cell damage. These polyphenols also seem to

work with other chemicals in the body to intensify fat oxidation

and thermogenesis. This creates fat burning heat in the body.

Green tea's polyphenols also help depress leptin production in

the body. Leptin is a protein hormone that regulates our appetite

and our fat storage. Lower levels of leptin mean a smaller

appetite, but overweight people often produce too much leptin,

which may be why they eat too much. If polyphenols can decrease

your leptin levels, then you'll eat less without dieting. Green

tea may also help regulate the hormone that tells us we're full.

Obese people often over produce leptin and under produce this

hormone, which leads to an increase in weight.

Finally, it seems that green tea can help regulate insulin in the

body, too. Green tea helps the carbohydrates that we eat be

released more slowly, which keeps our insulin levels steady thus

reducing our chances of storing fat. Steady insulin levels mean

more efficient use of carbohydrates, which makes taking weight

off and keeping it off easier. When our carbohydrates are not

used properly, our insulin level drops rapidly, and we store our

food as fat. There is also ongoing research involving how green

tea might be helpful for patients with diabetes.

Several studies have reached similar conclusions regarding green

tea and weight loss. One of the most famous studies was conducted

by Dulloo and medical associates. This study noted that green

tea's polyphenols combined with caffeine produced an increase in

energy expenditure (or number of calories burned) in a 24 hour

period in their subjects. Further, this study concluded that

neither caffeine nor green tea's polyphenols produced the same

effect when prescribed independently.

In addition, the studies have shown that when the green tea

regimen ceased, the benefits ceased, as well. In some cases,

higher doses of green tea were needed over time to continue the

weight loss effect. This has led researchers to conclude that

green tea should become a lifelong habit. This finding correlates

with other studies on green tea's ability to prevent diseases

such as cancer and heart disease. In parts of the world where

green tea consumption is highest, with people drinking 8-10 cups

per day nearly all of their life, the incidences of cancer and

heart disease are the lowest in the world.

Of course, more research is needed about the benefits of green

tea in many areas of medicine. Much of the research that has been

performed has been on laboratory rats, whose results may be

somewhat different than the results on humans. Human trials on

long term use of green tea would take years to conduct and be

difficult to complete, which is why we rely on short term studies

and laboratory experiments.

However, even without long term conclusive results proving that

green tea can help you lose weight, you have nothing to fear from

adding a daily dose of green tea to your regimen. Green tea is

healthy and has no side effects. Even those who are sensitive to

caffeine can usually tolerate green tea without problems. Even if

you don't lose any weight, drinking green tea is a healthy

alternative to sodas.

And, in addition to being an overall healthy beverage, you may

gain other benefits from drinking green tea. You may be reducing

your risk of cancer and heart disease. You may see your blood

pressure and cholesterol lowered and you may find it easier to

lose weight. So, it seems that for all of us, green tea is a

healthy and refreshing addition to the diet.

---------------------------------------------------------------------

Jon M. Stout is Chairman of the Golden Moon

Tea Company. For more information about tea,

(http://www.goldenmoontea.com/greentea)

green tea (http://www.goldenmoontea.com/blacktea)

and black tea go to http://www.goldenmoontea.com