Reducing Cholesterol And Body Fat With Tea

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Reducing Cholesterol And Body Fat With Tea

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High cholesterol, heart disease and obesity are serious health

issues, and seem to go hand in hand. A diet heavy in high

cholesterol foods like meat, cheese and eggs can cause weight

gain and high cholesterol levels. High cholesterol levels and

being overweight, in turn, lead to heart disease. So, getting

cholesterol levels and weight under control are significant

factors in reducing the risk of heart disease.

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Reducing Cholesterol And Body Fat With Tea

Copyright © 2007 Jon M. Stout

Golden Moon Tea

http://www.GoldenMoonTea.com

High cholesterol, heart disease and obesity are serious health

issues, and seem to go hand in hand. A diet heavy in high

cholesterol foods like meat, cheese and eggs can cause weight

gain and high cholesterol levels. High cholesterol levels and

being overweight, in turn, lead to heart disease. So, getting

cholesterol levels and weight under control are significant

factors in reducing the risk of heart disease.

To reduce cholesterol levels and take off extra pounds, reduce

the amount of red meats in your diet, replacing them with poultry

and fish. Eat low fat dairy products, and limit your intake of

egg yolks. Eat high fiber, whole grain products like oatmeal, as

these can help reduce cholesterol levels. Be certain that you're

eating lots of fruits and vegetables – fresh is best, and avoid

processed foods. These dietary changes should help you lose

excess weight and lower your cholesterol levels.

In addition to dietary changes, exercise is very important in

weight maintenance and lowering cholesterol. Aim for 30 minutes

of cardiovascular activity 3-5 times a week (walking is fine). In

addition, 20 minutes of strength training 3 times a week is also

beneficial. Strength training helps you tone and build muscle.

Since muscle burns more calories than fat even at rest, adding

some extra muscle speeds up your metabolism, which helps you

maintain, or reduce, your weight. In addition, since we all begin

to lose some muscle mass each year beginning as early as age 30,

building muscle helps compensate for this loss, keeping you

strong as you age.

Tea May Help, Too

In addition to making changes to your diet and exercise habits,

drinking tea may be helpful, too. In the last few years, there

has been a great deal of research on the benefits of tea. Tea is

rich in anti-oxidants, which are known to slow down the aging

process and prevent disease. Studies have shown tea, particularly

green tea, to be effective at preventing heart disease and some

forms of cancer. Green tea is found to be more effective than

other types of tea because of the way it's processed. Green tea

is not fermented, which helps to keep the anti-oxidants in their

most natural, healthy state.

In addition to helping prevent disease, tea has also been shown

to be an effective way to help lose weight. Tea contains

caffeine, which has been shown in many studies to speed the

metabolism. However, tea has been shown to be a more effective

weight loss supplement than other beverages that contain

caffeine. So, researchers have concluded that it is more than

just the caffeine that makes tea so effective. It is believed

that it is the combination of tea's caffeine and its

anti-oxidants, known as catechins, that work together to help

with weight loss.

In addition to speeding up metabolism, it is also believed that

tea can promote the oxidation of fat, making weight loss come

more easily. Tea also seems to regulate insulin levels in the

blood, which may be of benefit to those whose weight has made

them insulin resistant, a precursor to diabetes. People with

insulin resistance are often overweight and have trouble losing

the weight because the body doesn't process insulin properly.

One research study on this subject is particularly interesting.

The study looked at Japanese men and measured their body fat and

LDL cholesterol levels. First, the participants were put on a

monitored diet for a two week period of time. Then the

participants were divided into groups with similar BMIs and waist

circumference. The study period was 12 weeks, during which time

the participants ate a controlled diet and received one of two

beverages as a supplement. The beverages were either oolong tea

containing 690 milligrams of tea catechins or oolong tea

containing 22 milligrams of tea catechins.

At the end of the study period, the subjects were evaluated on

fat loss, body weight, BMI and LDL cholesterol levels.

Participants who received the tea supplement containing 690

milligrams of tea catechins had significantly lower body weight,

BMI, body fat and cholesterol levels over the participants who

received the tea containing 22 milligrams of tea catechins. The

study concluded that with similar diet and exercise routines,

drinking tea produced better weight loss results and lowered

cholesterol more than diets that did not contain such high levels

of tea catechins.

It's important to note that this study did not measure the

effects of tea's caffeine on participants. In fact, the oolong

tea consumed by each group contained the same amount of caffeine.

So, this study leads us to believe that it is the tea catechins

rather than the caffeine that produces weight loss results.

Many people take supplements for weight loss, and many of them

prove to have negative side effects or to be unhealthy overall.

This is another reason that using tea as a weight loss supplement

is preferable to relying on other types of supplements. Tea is

generally healthy and has no side effects. In fact, most people

who are normally sensitive to caffeine can tolerate tea's

caffeine without experiencing side effects. So, if you're

working to control your weight and cholesterol levels, there may

be no better ally than drinking some tea.

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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