Comments on: Lose Belly Fat With Green Tea

By: Rob

Rob — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:28:44 +0000

@Bob, sorry I missed your comment earlier about green tea having a negative effect on Testosterone. I see that @Meghan answered it correctly. Green tea would only improve Testosterone.

By: Rob

Rob — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:10:05 +0000

@Marina, your green tea recipe sounds incredible. I love green tea and I love what you’re doing with it there. I love black pepper, ginger and cardamom. Will have to give your green tea recipe a go for sure!

By: marina

marina — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 11:42:51 +0000

Nice article! Green tea speeds up metabolism, hence the fat around your belly (which accumulates there generally because of slow metabolism) melts away.

My favorite green tea recipe that I have coupe of times a week is this:
1 tablespoon of green tea, few whole black peppercorns, fresh ginger, cardamon and lemon zest. Add 2 cups of water and bring to a boil. Then cover and wait 5-10 minutes. Add 1 teaspoon of honey.

It is refreshing, stimulates digestion, provides vitamins and minerals, and help to burn fat.

By: nathan

nathan — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 00:29:23 +0000

what about the green tea that comes in the bottles http://www.viruz.com/images/lipton-diet-green-tea.jpg minus the diet part…is it the same thing does it till give you all those benefits

By: Meghan

Meghan — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 10:11:14 +0000

@bob, no way. It actually does the opposite. If you are concerned about that, by natural, organic w/o chemicals on the plants.

By: Meghan

Meghan — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 10:09:15 +0000

I’ve been drinking green tea for 5-6 years at least 2-3 cups a day. It is great. It gives you energy and makes so feel good as well as boosting your immune. I can tell you that it does not promote weight loss. Trust me. It gives you energy and health to help exercise and use your body. But just drinking tea is not going to “gobble up fat” and I also don’t know about the Chinese blood pressure study. I suggest strong Sencha, it also works like flax, cleaning the pipes and all.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:12:25 +0000

I doubt that drinking lemon with green tea will do anything to the acidity of your intestines. The lemon has to pass through your stomach. Your stomach is full of acid which is a factor stronger than the citric acid you’ll ingest from the lemon.

What lemon does do is make green tea taste really nice. Better than coffee.

Here in Netherlands at least you can also buy a mix of green tea with mint. Which again is really nice

By: Rob

Rob — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:49:28 +0000

Lisa, from what I know about the decaffeination process, it’s done with chemicals. Personally, taking a perfectly good creation and then running it through a chemical process is not something I’d want to consume in the end.

I could not find a credible resource to direct you to in regards to the health benefits being lost in decaffeinated green tea, but I did find something about removing a good portion of the caffeine at home.

The theory is that most of the caffeine is released in the first 30 seconds of steeping (it’s a theory at least). So, prepare your tea, steep it for 30 seconds, pour off the beverage, and then add more hot water and steep for desired length of time.

If it’s a true green tea, with all the health benefits associated with it and it happened to be packaged by nature with a little caffeine, I’d trust it the way it is.

Just my 2 cents

By: Lisa

Lisa — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:01:49 +0000

Does decaffinated green tea have the same effect?

By: John Fontana

John Fontana — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:44:22 +0000

Great post. I love some tea. What’s everyones favorite types of exotic teas?

Just a little side note, CLA from red meat can help burn belly fat as well.

By: Trainerpack

Trainerpack — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:54:56 +0000

Yeah GT is great! Tooo bad it tastes so awful!

By: bob

bob — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:50:21 +0000

i love to drink green tea, but in the gym they told me it has a negative effect on testosterone levels. do you know if that’s true rob?

By: Enrik

Enrik — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 08:19:26 +0000

Beyond just losing fat, I believe Green Tea is really essential for your body, providing all that anti-toxins which can really help you be fitter and healthier.

By: Barb

Barb — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 02:29:11 +0000

Try here: http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/nov2007/2007-11-14-095.asp

By: BlueKayak

BlueKayak — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 23:31:12 +0000

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http://health.yahoo.com/tips/the-trouble-with-green-tea/realage–5248.html

Here are just a few, there are many articles about this discovery.

BK
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By: Rob

Rob — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 20:57:55 +0000

Increase the absorption rate of green tea catechin by adding citrus to it. Hadn’t heard that. I’ll look for more information on that and see what I find. Do you have a source that would shorten my search?

By: BlueKayak

BlueKayak — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 16:54:45 +0000

I recently read an article that said you can increase the absorption of Catechin, (the part of green tea that is good for you), by adding citrus to the tea. Turns out 80% of the Catechin passes right through you without being absorbed. Adding citrus, like a lemon, increases the absorption rate by changing the acidity of your intestine. Just a little FYI.

By: JoJo

JoJo — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 23:43:53 +0000

I really need to switch that cup of coffee I have in the afternoon with a cup of green tea. Do you need to brew a fresh cup to get the benefits? I know there are a lot of green tea drinks out there, but I never know how much tea there really is in any of them. .-= JoJo´s last blog ..Melissa And Doug Corner Kitchen $59 =-.