Long Term Green Tea Consumption And Body Fat

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Long Term Green Tea Consumption And Body Fat

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Many people find that they gain weight as they get older. It

seems to be a fact of life for many of us; as we age we put on a

few pounds. It's no secret that our metabolism starts to slow

down as we age; even as early as age 30. However, there does seem

to be a simple secret weapon that can prevent the pounds from

creeping on as we get older.

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Long Term Green Tea Consumption And Body Fat

Copyright © 2007 Marcus Stout

Golden Moon Tea

http://www.GoldenMoonTea.com

Many people find that they gain weight as they get older. It

seems to be a fact of life for many of us; as we age we put on a

few pounds. It's no secret that our metabolism starts to slow

down as we age; even as early as age 30. However, there does seem

to be a simple secret weapon that can prevent the pounds from

creeping on as we get older.

It's no secret that Asian countries have far lower incidences of

overweight and obesity than most other parts of the world. And,

even as they age, Asians don't seem to put on the age related

pounds that plague many cultures. And, of course, it's no secret

that Asians drink large amounts of green tea.

And, there seems to be a connection between these two facts.

Green tea has been reported to have many health benefits,

including preventing disease and weight gain. Green tea

consumption has been shown to reduce the risk of many forms of

cancer, lower cholesterol levels and reduce the risk of heart

disease. Green tea has also been shown to help regulate insulin,

which may help prevent or control diabetes.

Other studies have shown that green tea can help with weight

loss, as it seems to speed the metabolism and promote fat loss.

Green tea seems to have a unique ability to promote

thermogenesis, or fat burning.

For these reasons, it seems that being a lifelong green tea

drinker may mean that you have less chance of putting on a few

pounds each year as you get older. In addition to the abundant

anecdotal evidence available by comparing the statistics on

obesity in Asian countries to that of European and North American

countries, there is also quite a bit of research to back up the

theory that drinking green tea regularly over a period of years

may lead to lower weight and less body fat.

One particularly interesting study on this subject was conducted

by the Department of Family Medicine, National Cheng Kung

University Hospital in Taiwan. This study looked at over 1200

subjects, both male and female. They compared the tea drinking

habits of the participants and evaluated their percentage of body

fat and body fat distribution based on waist to hip ratios. Waist

to hip ratios are important because we know that fat carried

around the hips and waist are more likely to lead to heart

disease than fat carried on other places on the body.

The study concluded that tea drinkers were less likely to have an

unhealthy percentage of body fat, and were more likely to have

positive waist to hip ratios. In fact, those participants who had

been tea drinkers for more than 10 years showed an average of 19%

less body fat and a waist to hip ratio of 2.1% less than that of

non-habitual tea drinkers. But even those participants who had

been habitual tea drinkers for just six months showed improved

statistics over those participants who were not habitual tea

drinkers.

This study denoted several factors that appeared to have either

positive or negative effect on a person's body fat percentage

and body fat distribution. The factors they rated were as

follows:

Smoking – Smoking was associated with higher body fat and higher

waist to hip ratio.

Age – Older Age was associated with higher body fat and higher

waist to hip ratio.

Body Mass Index – Higher body mass index was associated with

higher body fat and a higher hip to waist ratio.

Pre/post menopausal – Pre-menopausal women were more likely to

have a lower percentage of body fat and a lower waist to hip

ratio than post menopausal women.

Habitual Tea Drinking – Habitual tea drinkers had lower waist to

hip ratios and lower percentages of body fat.

Physical Exercise – Those who exercised regularly had lower

percentages of body fat and lower waist to hip ratios.

So, as you can see, there are several lifestyle factors that

affect whether or not your weight creeps up as you age. Of

course, age itself is a factor we can't control, as is going

through menopause. However, what we can learn from this study is

that getting regular exercise, refraining from smoking and

drinking tea regularly throughout your life can help you avoid

gaining weight as you get older.

Adding green tea to your diet is a simple way to help protect

your health and prevent weight gain. As more and more research

has revealed green tea's health benefits, it has become easier

to find. Today, green tea can be found in loose or bag form for

brewing at home and bottled form for those who want convenient

chilled green tea. Even those trendy coffee houses now offer a

green tea selection on your menu. And, if you can't get enough

of a dose of green tea by drinking it, there are green tea

supplements on the market that carry the anti-oxidants of green

tea in pill form. But, no matter how you choose to get your dose

of green tea, just be sure you get it!

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Marcus Stout is President 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