How Diet Teas Work
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Introduction
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Tea has been a part of Chinese and Japanese culture for thousands of years. In recent years teas have found their way into the western world and with that the idea that the Chinese and the Japanese people owe their good health to these teas. Many even feel that these diet teas are mainly responsible for the ability of Chinese and Japanese people to maintain healthy weight.
An overview of how diet teas work
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Let's take a look at how diet teas affect the metabolism, help in digestion and help to reduce fat.
Diet teas work as a metabolic stimulant, enhancing the metabolic rate or the BMR (basal metabolic rate) of the body. This makes the heart pump faster and burns more calories as well. It also helps in metabolizing fat.
Diet teas have compounds known as poly phenols which help in fat metabolizing, and unique nutrients and enzymes which are important to the well-being of the body. These nutrients aid in the proper functioning of the digestive system.
Most diet teas basically work in either of the following ways:
Stimulant method: Some of the diet teas have stimulants like kola nut, guarana, ephedra and ma huang, all of which act as appetite suppressants in the body and also aid in increasing the basal metabolic rate, or BMR. However, the regular consumption of this tea may cause insomnia, headaches and nervousness.
Diuretic method: This category of diet teas have diuretics like cascara, senna and locust plant, which either act as laxatives or eliminate water from the body. However, regular consumption of this tea may cause an addiction since it causes the intestinal muscles to break down. The side effects caused are fainting, body temperature variation and breathing difficulty and even death.
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Conclusion
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These days there are more teas being promoted as diet teas and many of them have ingredients that can cause palpitations and nervousness and some can even cause heart problems and death. Many of these diet teas are more like a placebo when it comes to helping with weight loss, although there are many diet teas that have beneficial effects as well. So when considering diet teas be sure to look at the upside and the downside and possible side effects before joining the diet tea revolution.
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