How to Lose Weight With Tea

Tea, which originated from China, is about the healthiest thing you can drink. It has now been proven to not only be good for your overall health, but also to help your body lose weight. The following steps will show you how to lose weight with tea.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Black tea
• Green tea
• Oolong tea
• White tea

1. Choose black tea instead of coffee in the morning and drink cold tea with your meals instead of soda. Black tea is full of antitoxins called flavonoids and can actually detoxify your body, making it run smoother and increase metabolism. Coffee actually adds toxins to the body and tends to drag you down as it depletes the body of some vitamins.

2. Drink at least one cup of hot green tea or a glass of cold green tea per day. Green tea has been proven to burn fat and increase metabolism, which helps you lose weight.You can purchase green tea in a variety of flavors like raspberry, lemon, blueberry, or mint.

3. Drink Oolong tea, which is made from special tea leaves grown in China and processed directly after being picked. Many swear by the slimming affect of this tea and it is typically marketed as a tea that will help you lose weight naturally.

4. Drink white tea hot or cold, which also comes in an array of flavors as green tea does. The weight loss and antioxidant benefits of white tea are very similar to that of green tea. A study on white tea shows that it may lower blood pressure and cholesterol both of which improves the overall health of your heart and may allow you to do more cardio exercises.

Tips & Warnings

• All teas come in a decaffeinated version for those who wish to cut back or eliminate caffeine in their diets. Caffeine, while adding the temporary benefits of being an appetite suppressant and acting as a diuretic, doesn't do enough to the body to contribute to any amount of significant weight loss.
• If you don't like the taste of green tea, you can also take it in pill form as a supplement.
• Be careful when choosing herbal teas that are marketed as weight loss products. Some of these herbs, if taken in excessive amounts, can make you sick. Be wary of teas with the following ingredients: aloe, buckthorn and senna. These herbs work like laxatives that can cause diarrhea, vomiting, stomach cramps, chronic constipation, nausea, fainting, and in some rare cases, death.
• Be careful when adding sugar and cream to your tea. A lot of sugar and cream will add calories and fat, taking away the slimming benefits of tea.

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[rjessiegreen]

on 1/12/2009 I am replacing some of my beverages with tea starting today!

[AbbyNormal]

on 3/16/2008 I put a teabag in my bottle of water. Great taste gets me drinking water!