Can Oolong Tea Help Men Lose Weight?

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Can Oolong Tea Help Men Lose Weight?

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It seems that we're all fighting the battle of the bulge.

Especially as we get older, it seems to get harder to keep the

pounds at bay. We often think of women as being the dieters, but

in fact, men are just as subject to weight problems as women.

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Can Oolong Tea Help Men Lose Weight?

Copyright © 2007 Jon M. Stout

Golden Moon Tea

http://www.GoldenMoonTea.com

It seems that we're all fighting the battle of the bulge.

Especially as we get older, it seems to get harder to keep the

pounds at bay. We often think of women as being the dieters, but

in fact, men are just as subject to weight problems as women.

As you're looking for ways to make weight loss easier, consider

the research that has been performed on the health benefits of

tea. Tea has long been used in Asian cultures to prevent illness

and protect health, and it seems that science is proving what

Asians have believed all along: tea is good for you.

Lifelong tea drinkers have lower incidences of heart disease,

high cholesterol and some forms of cancer. They are also less

likely to suffer from diabetes or be overweight. Tea protects

your teeth and may even have potential to prevent diseases like

Parkinson's and Alzheimer's. We are beginning to learn a lot

about the benefits of tea, but clearly there is much more to

learn, so that we can pinpoint exactly how we can best use tea to

help with medical needs.

One of the most promising areas of tea research centers on tea as

a weight loss aid. Much research has shown that tea seems to

speed up the metabolism and promote fat oxidation. Other studies

have shown that lifelong tea drinkers are less likely to be

overweight, have a lower percentage of body fat and have a lower

waist to hip ratio. In addition, studies have shown that when tea

was part of a sensible diet and exercise plan, subjects lose more

weight than those subjects who used a diet and exercise plan

without tea as a supplement.

One study that is particularly interesting was conducted by the

Beltsville Human Nutrition Center in land in conjunction with

the University of Tokushima in Japan. In this study, twelve men

between the ages of 25 and 60 were evaluated. All participants

were in good health, and the study was conducted over a period of

one month. The target participants were those who consumed the

caffeine equivalent of 2-4 cups of coffee each day.

Prior to the beginning of the study, each participant was

evaluated with regard to their calorie expenditure per day

without caffeine or tea. During the study, each participant was

placed into one of four study groups. One group received a

supplement of water, one group received water with caffeine, one

group received half strength oolong tea and one group received

full strength oolong tea. For three days, the participants were

fed the exact same diet. The diet was low calorie and free of

caffeine, other than the caffeine in the beverage supplements.

The beverage supplements were given to the participants five

times per day.

This study found that the participants who drank full strength

oolong tea and caffeinated water burned more calories in a day

than the subjects who drank water or half strength tea. Drinking

caffeinated water increased energy expenditure by 3.4% over those

participants who drank water alone. Drinking full strength tea

increased energy expenditure by 2.9% over drinking water alone.

Drinking half strength tea did not significantly increase energy

expenditure over drinking water alone.

So, why not just drink water with caffeine?

You might ask why we wouldn't just drink water with caffeine to

help increase our metabolic rate. Well, according to this study,

you could do just that. However, when you consider the many other

studies that have touted the many other benefits of tea

consumption, it's clear that getting your metabolic boost from

tea is far healthier than adding caffeine to your water.

Tea is full of anti-oxidants, which is believed to be why it

prevents illnesses and protects health. Anti-oxidants are

powerful fighters of free radicals in the body. Free radicals are

oxygen containing molecules that are created as a by-product of

our digestion process. These free radicals damage our cells and

DNA if left unchecked. However, consuming anti-oxidants combats

these free radicals before they can harm our bodies. Scientists

have shown that consuming a diet high in anti-oxidants helps us

to avoid serious illnesses and slows down the aging process.

In addition, there have been other studies that have suggested

that tea promotes more weight loss through fat oxidation than

other caffeinated beverages. It is believed that this too is the

result of anti-oxidants. It appears that the combination of

caffeine with the anti-oxidants in tea is a more powerful weight

loss supplement than caffeine in other beverages.

Finally, research has shown that the caffeine in tea seems to be

better tolerated than other forms of caffeine. Many people who

are caffeine sensitive find that they can drink tea without the

usual side effects of caffeine. The caffeine in tea often does

not produce the irregular heart rate and nervous jitters that

caffeine sensitive people experience from other caffeinated

beverages.

So, adding tea to your diet plan may be a great way to speed up

your weight loss. Tea is healthy, refreshing, inexpensive and

readily available. So, why not add tea to your diet routine?

* http://jn.nutrition.org/cgi/reprint/131/11/2848

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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