11.23.04
Green Tea & Weightloss
Hardly a day goes by without someone asking me , Will green tea help me lose weight? Since I run my own online green tea shop, it might be surprising that I would answer “no” to this, but I must. If you take a good gander at our site, you’ll notice that we do not tout this. The reason for that is, it’s simply not my style to make money off of other peoples misfortunes, especially when I’ve yet to be convinced that it will really help a person lose weight. What do I base my answer on? Personal experience mostly, but also from the fact that I’ve yet to run across one good study from anyplace I consider legitime that shows weight loss attributed to green tea. Not saying it isn’t out there, mind you, just that I haven’t seen it yet.
The green tea and weightloss questions started coming in full bore about a year ago, and haven’t let up. Gosh, I wish it were only true - no one would be thinner than me. Believe me, I drink the good stuff, and a lot of it. It seems green tea is the new way to make a fast buck in the weightloss industry. Green tea patches, green tea extract, crappy green tea from China. I only bring this up because I’m the guy who ends up having to answer the emails and dash peoples hopes. And let me tell you, some people don’t appreciate it when I won’t tell them what they want to hear.
Here’s what I can tell you about green tea and weightloss. First, there is about 30mg of caffeine in a cup of green tea, which is slightly less than a regular cup of tea, and much less than a cup of drip coffee. So, technically, the caffeine in green tea will raise ones metabolism to a certain extent, and *might* have a tiny effect for weightloss. Because of this, I guess some can claim it will help with weightloss and not be held liable.
Okay, so it doesn’t do much for weightloss - the stuff is still awesome. Green tea has extremely well documented and researched health benefits, health benefits that are noticeable as soon as you start drinking it. Soon, I’ll explain why green tea is so special…
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