Green Tea & Weight loss
Your weight loss plan would benefit from introducing 5 cups of green tea into your day.
Weight loss can be a challenge to some people to say the least. There can be many variables to the process and it won’t happen over night. A person needs to make lifestyle changes for balanced overall health. An average person could lose up to 70-80 calories a day drinking 5 cups of green tea, but lets put this into prospective. One pound of fat is equivalent to approximately 3500 calories. Reaching your weight loss goals could take quite a while without including balanced nutrition and exercise into your plan. As you exercise green tea will give your metabolism a boost and greatly enhance your weight loss through a process called thermo genesis – the process of heat production in organisms.
Green tea and weight loss has been thoroughly studied and a mountain of scientific research backs many claims. One study in particular, tested a group of lab rats. The rats were given green tea instead of drinking water for 3 weeks. Scientists noted that green tea reduced the animal’s fat tissue without any change in food or water intake and also significantly reduced cholesterol and fatty acid levels. The green tea catechin epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) in its purest form has shown that it can influence fat tissue and entirely diminish diet-induced obesity.
Not only is green tea a centuries tested, safe way to lose weight it also has amazing other health benefits, so refresh, rejuvenate, stimulate and promote yourself to healthier living by enjoying green tea everyday.
Vicky Devocht
Caffeine Content Comparisons – Various Beverages
The approximate caffeine content Milligrams of Caffeine
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Item
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Average per serving
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Range
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Per Ounce
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Coffee (5 oz cup)
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80
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40-170
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16.00
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Cola (12 oz can)
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45
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30-60
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3.75
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Black Tea (one tea bag – 8 oz cup)
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40
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25-110
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5.00
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Oolong Tea (one tea bag – 8 oz cup)
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30
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12-55
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3.75
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Green Tea (one tea bag – 8 oz cup)
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20
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8-30
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2.5
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White Tea (one tea bag – 8 oz cup)
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15
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6-25
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2
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Decaf Tea (one tea bag – 8 oz cup)
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2
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1-4
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.50
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Herbal Tea (one tea bag – 8 oz cup) (note that herbal tea is made from plants other than tea
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0
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0
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0
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Note: An average serving of coffee contains the most caffeine, yet the same serving size of tea provides only ½ to 1/3 as much (Ref.: Caffeine by The Institute of Food Technologist’ Expert Panel on Food Safety & Nutrition.) One of the more confusing aspects of caffeine content is the fact that coffee contains less caffeine than tea when measured in Dry Form. The content of a prepared cup of coffee is significantly higher than the caffeine content of a prepared cup of tea.
