13 Benefits of Green Tea: How to Lose Weight and Get Healthy!

This post will explain: 13 Massive Benefits of green tea and how drinking it can help you to get healthy and easily shed a few extra pounds!

Are you looking to boost your weight loss efforts and massively improve your health at the same time? If so, you really must try adding some Green Tea to your daily routine.

At 45 years old, after adopting an intermittent fasting lifestyle, I was able to successfully lose 46 pounds in just 4 months! And, I’ve kept it off for over three years now! Throughout my weight loss and weight maintenance journey, I have discovered the power of green tea!

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13 Massive Benefits of Green Tea

1.Green tea is LOADED WITH VERY HEALTHY NUTRIENTS called Polyphenols that are super awesome for your health. These Polyphenols have been proven to reduce inflammation within the body. MATCHA is a kind of green tea that provides the most polyphenols per cup.

2.Green tea also contains cool things called – FLAVONOIDS and CATECHINS that help regulate cellular activity and fight off free radicals that can cause oxidative stress on the body. FLAVONOIDS and CATECHINS are both very powerful antioxidant agents that have the potential to slow down the aging process and may even help to prevent some cancers!

3. Green tea is also great for your mouth and strengthens your teeth and gums. It even helps with stinky coffee breath because the bacteria known to cause bad breath in your mouth is killed by drinking green tea! YAY! And… when we have less of that specific bacteria, we also have less plaque, so it decreases our risk of developing cavities.

4. Green tea is amazing for improving brain function and focus. It only has about 30-50 milligrams of caffeine, which is only about a half a cup of coffee. So, it will give you a nice, stable energy feeling, without all the jitters that coffee can sometimes give you.

5. Another nutrient within green tea that works together to boost your brain function is called L-Theanine. It gives your brain relaxation without the added drowsiness. In addition, it protects your brain by decreasing plaque in the brain. It has even been shown to decrease the risk of developing both Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease.

6. Green tea helps protect your lungs and is also really good for your ticker. It helps lower your blood pressure and keep it under control.

Green Tea and Weight Loss

7. Studies have shown that Green tea can SPEED UP WEIGHT LOSS by helping to BURN MORE FAT, increase metabolism (metabolic rate) and break down excess fat. Studies have shown that people who drink green tea burn an extra 70-100 calories per day. This is due to the large amounts of the Catechin, EGCG found in green tea.

**There are so many fantastic benefits of green tea!**

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8. Green tea helps regulate blood sugar levels and reduces the risk for diabetes. Studies found that green tea consumption significantly reduced the fasting glucose, fasting insulin concentrations and hemoglobin concentrations. So the consumption of green tea has the potential to reduce diabetes risk.

9. Drinking green tea regularly has been shown to help lower cholesterol levels.

10. Green tea consumption has the potential to improve eyesight.

11. Green tea helps strengthen your immunity against illness!

12. Drinking green tea helps lower stress levels.

13. AND…it has been shown to help you live a LONGER, more ENERGETIC Life!!!

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In addition to adopting an intermittent fasting lifestyle, adding green tea to my daily “clean fast” routine has definitely supported my weight loss efforts and has helped me to lose 46 pounds in 4 months.

MY (Personal) DAILY “Fasting” DRINKING ROUTINE

7:30 am-12:30 pm (FASTING) – I usually drink about 32 ounces of PLAIN BLACK COFFEE

12:30pm -2:30 pm (FASTING) – I usually drink about 16 ounces of GREEN TEA. (I didn’t really like the taste of green tea at first, so I tried putting it in sparkling mineral water and now I love it.) Give it a try. It really is a yummy way to mix things up.

I like to add sparkling water to my green tea! — **Give it a try! It gives it a super yummy sweeter taste!**

2:30 – 5:00 pm or so (FASTING) – I usually drink about 24 ounces of PLAIN SPARKLING MINERAL WATER and sometimes I add a green tea bag to my water.

5:00-7:00 pm (NOT FASTING/EATING WINDOW) – This is my dinner time and my eating window so I usually drink flavored sparkling water, decaf coffee or whatever yummy drinks I want to enjoy during this glorious time)

7:00-8:00 pm (FASTING) – I will usually have about 12 ounces of plain water.

*This routine has worked great for me and has most definitely supported my weight loss goals.

My absolute favorite green tea brands are: BIGELOW and 365 by WHOLE FOODS MARKET (Organic). They are both very high quality green teas and are quite cost effective, as well.

A Few Tea Tips

PLEASE NOTE: It is important that you DO NOT ADD GREEN TEA TO BOILING WATER because it actually destroys many of the healthy and beneficial nutrients and antioxidants. In fact, it is recommended that you brew green tea using water that is heated to about 175 to 180 degrees. This water should be steaming briskly, but not yet boiling.

In addition, please note that It’s also important to drink freshly brewed tea as the health benefits will decrease the longer it sits around.

FINAL GREEN TEA TIP: Don’t be duped and/or sucked into purchasing green tea pills or supplements under the premise that they will lead to massive weight loss. Stick to the real deal and drink plain, high quality green tea, like BIGELOW or ORGANIC 365.

THE FINAL SIP

There are so many massive benefits of green tea that can help to improve your health, while shrinking your waistline. So, why not grab your favorite mug, sit back and enjoy a cup of this antioxidant-rich plant-based magnificent beverage!

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