Does green tea really help you lose weight?

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Canada
March 19, 2010 1:53pm CST
Is it actually healthy and help your motabelism speed up? I heard from many and through online searches that it is and does but Im still unsure. I drink it all the time (the real stuff) and I want to know if its doing anything. And is there a certain way to make it so that it works or dosnt hurt you. Because my aunt says that if it brews more than 30seconds it is bad for your digestive system.
6 responses
@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
19 Mar 10
I can't be certain that it helps with weight loss but I find that it helps with circulation problems. I have been drinking an average, sometimes more and sometimes less, of three mugs a day and it is certainly helping me. I have had problems with swollen ankles after an illness a few years back and nothing seemed to help. Then I started drinking green tea and it has helped immensely.
@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
19 Mar 10
Mine are due to circulation problems. It can be a really warm day and my feet are frozen I have taken different medicines over the years, prescribed by doctors, but nothing helped like green tea does.
@lexx87 (1707)
• Mexico
21 Mar 10
I think green tea helps for many reasons , lose weights , circualtion, etc but basically it helps for lose weight , but green tea have many many ways to help our body , like black tea and others teas.
• Canada
19 Mar 10
Circulation problems? Really? Thats cool, I didnt know thta. If thats true and that another plus for me to drinking it because my family and I all have problems with circulation adn blood pressure. Again, I didnt know that swollen ankles had to do with circualtion./ I thought it was water.
@sushie93 (1355)
• France
19 Mar 10
Yes, green tea helps to lose weight. It contains catechins which is a burn-fat and help you to lose abdominal fat also. In the article on my blog, i have write that you must drink about 440 Mg of catechins twice a day to see a changement of your body.
@sushie93 (1355)
• France
19 Mar 10
Ouch, i don't at all how many catechins it cotains sorry ^^'. I don't know if green tea can burn others fat but maybe yes, try it! PS: you can check my blog on my profile page.
• India
19 Mar 10
Weight loss has to be with the exercise that you undertake and there is no other weight loss is good for health.Exercise need not be very heavy. Simple walking without tension cycling swimming etc:. I do not think green tea will help to lose weight.Also it has been proved that fat people will recover soon from illness than the slim people. Green tea may create digestive problem in later part of life.The exercise will strengthen the body and also will be helpful in later part of life. Happy mylotting.
• India
19 Mar 10
Our digestive system should automatically induce to burn fat. By taking Green tea like thing to induce the system to burn fat will result excessive work for the system.When you make the system to work excessively by inducing it , certainly it become inactive without inducement in latter part of life.The system will not be as active as in the younger life.When you dance , run then why do you worry . Your system will take care.
• Canada
19 Mar 10
I dont really wnt to lose weight that much but rather be halthy and get into shape. I go for runs almost daily and walk and dance and such on a daily basis. So exercise isnt realy that big of a leap for me. healthy food are also my callign and craving and I eat them regularly but I dont always ahvethe willpower in my house where we mostly buy junk for everyone else. When I move out next year Ill be sure to shop better for myself (as my parents wont buy stuff I like, like brown rice and such thats healthier for me because they wont eat it). How later in life will green tea create digestive problems and what kind of problems will it creae?
• United States
19 Mar 10
A lot of people lose weight with Herbalife and one of the main ingredients is green tea. I know it does detox your body. I would think that it does really help.
• Canada
19 Mar 10
Detoxing is a term im familiar with and undestand, definatly, but what does it detox in your bosy. Do you know? Like bad/junk food crap detoxing or built up chemicals from foods and such? Or does it...clean out your colon a bit? Ive never heard of Herbalife but it sounds like something that helps you lose weight. I know that certain "low fat" and such yogurts have some green tea extract in them, so thats a good sign.
• United States
19 Mar 10
Anything bad in the body, chemicals and other things. I don't think it cleans the colon but I could be wrong. As for herbalife, it's herbal supplements. It's mostly known for helping people lose weight but overall they are just trying to help people get nutrients that they don't normally get. People use it to lose weight, maintain weight, or gain weight all while getting healthier.
• United States
19 Mar 10
I have read it helps with weight loss too and I am working on losing weight myself. If it does, it has not helped me at all in that regard. I mainly drink it for it's many health benefits and cancer prevention and anti aging antioxidants. I drink at least 3-4 servings of it a day for quite some time now and it has not effected my weight at all. I wish it had. lol
• Canada
19 Mar 10
By servings do you mean a mug? A chinses cup thingy? Or pot? Because I pretty much drink it by the pot. Maybe two-three a day on average. Im not sure if its really helpingme in my weight but it makes me feel better and I think it helps...like a bran muffin...you know? lmao. I didnt know it helped to prevent cancer and had anti-aging antioxidants. Thats a bonus for sure. Its not even that I want to lose weight neccesarily but it always helps to have that extra lile bit on your side and health is a big concern with me.
31 Mar 10
it's a healthy drink, yes. but it doesn't mean you'll lose weight by drinking it.