Green Tea's Effect On Body Fat

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Green Tea's Effect On Body Fat

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Losing weight is a subject on the minds of many. Our eat on the

run, tv watching lifestyle has led many of us to have bigger

waistlines than we'd like; and bigger waistlines than are

healthy for us. In fact, the US Centers for Disease Control

estimates that over 60 million Americans, or 30% of the adult

population, are obese.

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Green Tea's Effect On Body Fat

Copyright © 2007 Jon M. Stout

Golden Moon Tea

http://www.GoldenMoonTea.com

Losing weight is a subject on the minds of many. Our eat on the

run, tv watching lifestyle has led many of us to have bigger

waistlines than we'd like; and bigger waistlines than are

healthy for us. In fact, the US Centers for Disease Control

estimates that over 60 million Americans, or 30% of the adult

population, are obese.

Obesity related illnesses are going to lead the pack as causes of

death in our country very soon if we don't get ourselves back on

track. Obesity leads to heart disease, high blood pressure, Type

II diabetes and increases your risk for some forms of cancer. As

our weight increases, so do our risk levels.

So, how do we go about losing the weight? Well, most of us are

aware that we need to eat less and exercise more. Putting more

calories into our bodies than we burn off in a day leads to

weight gain. Cutting calories and getting exercise can help you

get your expenditure and intake in line. There's certainly no

getting around this basic weight loss principle.

But, research is showing that there are some foods that can help

you lose weight, and other foods that will pack on the pounds

faster than you can say " calorie " . I'm not talking strictly

calories here – I'm talking about foods that help you burn fat

or stay full longer versus foods that cannot be used by the body

as energy, so they automatically turn to fat.

Let's look at foods that can help you. You might be surprised at

some of these – they're not all low calorie. However, they're

known to help you feel full longer or burn fat.

Nuts – Nuts, especially almonds, have been found to be helpful at

losing weight. Now, nuts are not exactly a low calorie food, and

they must be eaten in moderation. However, they are very

nutritious.

Nuts are high in fat, but it's HDL fat, which is the kind that

promotes good cholesterol in the blood. HDL cholesterol helps rid

the body of LDL cholesterol, which is the bad cholesterol that

clogs arteries and leads to heart attacks and strokes.

Nuts are thought to make us feel full longer. In addition, they

contain protein that seems to burn a lot of calories during

digestion. Doctors are somewhat unclear as to how nuts work, but

they do seem to have an effect on weight loss.

Milk – Research has shown that those who drink 24 ounces of low

fat milk every day tend to weigh less than those who do not drink

milk. Again, the reasons are not clear, but low fat milk does

seem to speed up the metabolism. One study showed that women who

ate a reduced calorie diet that included 3-4 servings of low fat

dairy products and exercised lost more weight than those who ate

a reduced calorie diet with fewer servings of dairy and

exercised.

Green Tea – In recent years, green tea has gained a lot of

attention for its ability to protect health and prevent disease.

Green tea has been shown to prevent heart disease, cancer,

Alzheimer's disease and even Type II diabetes. But, more and

more, we're finding out that green tea may have lots of

potential to help weight loss, too.

First, let's talk about what's so special about green tea. The

magic is in the anti-oxidants. Anti-oxidants are important

because they fight free radicals in our bodies.

Free radicals are damaging molecules that are created as we

convert the food we eat into energy. Free radicals damage cells

and DNA, leading to disease, if left unchecked. That's why it's

so important to get anti-oxidants in our diets each day. Fruits

and vegetables are also good sources of anti-oxidants.

But, some of the most potent anti-oxidants around are those found

in green tea. Tea anti-oxidants are known as catechins, and they

make up about 25% of the weight of a dry tea leaf. Tea contains

four main catechin substances: epicatechin (EC), epicatechin

gallate (ECG), epigallocatechin (EGC) and epigallocatechin

gallate (EGCG). Epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) is the most

abundant catechin in tea.

Health professionals favor green tea over black tea because it

retains more of these catechins in their natural form than black

tea. Black tea goes through a fermentation process that changes

some of these catechins from their original state into one that

is less healthy. It's these catechins that seem to have the

ability to help us lose weight.

One particular study looked at Japanese men. All of the men were

fed the same healthy diet for two weeks before the actual study

began. Then, a 12 week study period began, in which some of the

men drank one bottle of tea that contained 690 mg of tea

catechins each day. The rest of the men were fed one bottle of

tea that contained just 22 mg of catechins each day. All of the

men continued on a healthy diet.

At the end of the study, the men who ingested 690 mg of tea

catechins each day had significantly lowered their BMI, body

weight, waist circumference and body fat mass, when compared to

the men who consumed fewer tea catechins. The study concluded

that the catechins in tea can help to reduce body fat when part

of a healthy diet.

So, while we know that to lose weight we have to reduce our

calories and get regular exercise, it's nice to know that there

are foods out there that can help us meet our goals more easily.

So, add some nuts, milk and green tea to your healthy diet, and

watch how your body changes!

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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