You have heard about green tea for weight loss and you have been drinking it but yet you don’t observe any effects? Before you deny all those websites promoting the effects of green tea for weight loss, stop for a minute and think. Maybe you might be falling in the category of those people not losing weight in spite of drinking green tea. So!! What could be the problem?? There could be plenty and it has nothing to do with green tea. There could be several factors counteracting the weight loss benefits of green tea. There could also be many factors in play that may be helping you gain weight. You may be doing certain things wrong or consuming a diet too rich in carbohydrate and sugar. Before discussing such factors, take a look at green tea itself and how does it make you lose weight.
Everyone knows what green tea is per se, well for starters it is tea that looks green and that’s about how important it is for some. But strictly speaking, green tea is one of the healthiest beverages on earth. Green tea is made from Camellia sinensis leaves that do not undergo the same oxidation process as black tea. It contains several substances like antioxidants beneficial for health. When you see a number of ingredients in green tea, you can’t really doubt its beneficial effects for weight loss so why aren’t you losing weight. Ingredients in green tea:
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By now you must be truly puzzled that despite such ingredients, you aren’t able to lose weight drinking green tea. Is there something wrong with you?? Well unless you aren’t suffering from a hormonal or thyroid disorder, then there is no reason for you not to lose weight when drinking green tea unless you are doing all of these things wrong. In most cases, weight gain in spite of drinking green tea could be due to several factors of physiology or lifestyle. Here are ten points why you could be gaining weight in spite of drinking green tea.
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When your body doesn’t respond to weigh losing agents like green tea, then you need to explore the medical or physiological angle first. A thyroid disorder called hypothyroidism is an underactive thyroid producing less thyroid hormone thus reducing your metabolism and capacity to burn fat. The only way to counteract this is to get a thyroid test and a consultation with your doctor. Estrogen builds up in women and hormonal changes post pregnancy or menopause, insulin resistance and diabetes are also factors that could increase rapid weight gain.
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When not suffering from any medical condition and your green tea isn’t working for you then its most probably you aren’t drinking the required amount necessary for losing weight. A research study at Anglia Ruskin University involving volunteers who were given 571 mg of decaffeinated green tea extracts. Combined with cycling 1 hour every day, the volunteers indeed lost weight. However! To get the benefits of green tea to lose weight, you may have to drink between 5 to 7 cups a day for optimal effect. While green tea contains many beneficial ingredients, not all contribute to weight loss except for the ingredient EGCG.
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This is a big no-no, where you could be diluting many of the effects of the green tea with milk. Green tea is best brewed as it is and consumed with no sugar and no milk. To enhance the flavor and the health factor you could add items like ginger, cinnamon, a teaspoon of honey or cloves. Mint leaves are an excellent addition to green tea.
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Green tea isn’t some magic potion that can make you reduce weight overnight. Neither will it show results when you lead an unhealthy sedentary lifestyle. In such a circumstance you put on more pounds through calories than green tea can burn. While drinking green tea you need to exercise daily or engage in healthy physical activity that will help you burn calories. If you do not suffer from health issues, then drinking a cup of green tea and having a cardio session in the morning on your treadmill or engaging in walking would certainly help you lose weight. While you burn the calories that you gain through the food you eat every day, drinking green tea will also contribute to an increased metabolism that will help burn existing stores of fat. This is why drinking green tea in the morning and also at night before retiring to bed would be a great idea to effectively lose weight.
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No amount of green tea will help you lose weight if you keep gorging on the wrong type of food. Fries, carbonated drinks, snacks and junk food contribute to loading up of calories and excess sugar. How on earth will green tea help you if your diet is as poor as that? While you engage on a green tea routine, maintain a healthy diet of the right amount of carbs, proteins, and fats so that your green tea can work its benefits on you to lose weight. Make sure you get the right amount of protein because the biggest mistake of diet is to maintain a high carb one while not getting enough protein.
If you are habituated to snacking while drinking green tea then that won’t work. Remember, the physiology of your body isn’t one that will make an extra effort to dig into fat stores but utilize existing current fat and calories for energy. It is the same problem with people who feel that though they diet, they don’t lose weight.
Snacking or consuming sugar with green tea will introduce extra calories into your system. After a while, the fat burning mechanism of green tea just works on the calories you just consumed. The result! You don’t really lose weight.
When you consume green tea, don’t eat anything else. At the most you could munch on a few nuts or protein related sacks that won’t contribute to calorie build up. Remember, it takes at least 5-7 cups of green tea to lose weight. If you really want green tea for weight loss to benefit you then switch to green tea extracts as a supplementation but always consult with your doctor before doing so.
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