The question ‘Does Green Tea Help With Weight Loss?’ gets asked quite a lot. I know this because of the number of times this search terms shows up in my referral stats for my Green Tea website. Well the simple answer to that question is yes, it does.
Naturally I have to back this up with facts rather than just expect you to accept this as a statement of truth; so why does green tea can help us lose weight? There has been anecdotal evidence of green tea benefits, including weight loss, circulating for some time, but to find the real answer we have to get a bit scientific. Scientists have had no choice but to test out these anecdotal claims under laboratory conditions and the results appear to back up what the population of China have known for millenia. Green tea does indeed help with weight loss and its secret lies with what is known as thermogenics. Green Tea is able to accelerate weight loss because if it ability to increase the bodies metabolic rate. Researchers at the University of Geneva have found that two substances in green tea are responsible for its thermogenetic effects; caffeine and the polyphenol “EGCG, “ which is a particularly effective antioxidant.
These two ingredients combine so trigger a thermogenetic reaction that which releases fat cells in the body for immediate use. The Researchers claim that the release of stored fat for fuel increases the body’s metabolic rate by 4%. Similar research indicates that green tea’s thermogenetic effect burns up as much as 70 calories a day more with no change in your eating habits or exercise routine.
But speaking of exercise, catechin polyphenols in green tea also free up fat for fuel during exercise, so that more fat and fewer carbohydrates are used. This small change has a big impact on your stamina, allowing you to exercise longer, build more fat-burning muscle, and speed up the weight loss.