Green Tea

There are studies out that state green tea can help improve your fat burning capacity!  I know for me, I will occasionally swap out my morning coffee for a cup of hot green tea.  I figured, it can't hurt to give have a glass here and there if it helps me lose weight!

Why is green tea good as a fat burner?  

The main reason is that green tea extract is a source of caffeine.  Caffeine is often a component of many fat burners and has a good record as being known as a fat burner!

There are other benefits to green tea.  

• It's a powerful anti-oxidant.  Researchers suggest that the active ingredient maybe 200 times more powerful then vitamin E.
  
• Green tea may be useful as a glucose regulator.  Meaning it slows the rise it blood sugar after a meal.   (This is because it slows the action of a digestive enzyme, this enzyme is pivotal in the breakdown of starches (carbs) that can cause blood sugar levels to soar after a meal.  
• Green tea can add in weight lose by increasing the metabolic rate.  As we know, as our metabolism increases so does the calorie burn!
• There is suggestion that green tea can also lower body fat and cholesterol levels (lowers the LDL or the bad cholesterol).
• It can inhabit the process that converts carbohydrates into fats.  
• Studies suggest that consuming green tea in catechins reduces cardiovascular risks.  

Overall, if the studies are true and having a glass of green tea can help me lose weight (plus the other added bonuses), I think it is something I definitely will keep in my desk drawer at work.  Instead of coffee in the morning, a cup of tea.  I can also make a cup and add in some ice for a nice refreshing cup of iced green tea on a hot summer day!  

On a side note, if anyone thought about the Slimming Formula that Beachbody offers, there is green tea in that supplement as well.