Green tea is one of the healthiest drinks on earth today. It is filled with ingredients that are good for your health. There have been multiple studies conducted into the effect of green tea on people struggling to lose weight. These studies have proven positive. People are using it, and stepping on their smart scale to find drops in both weight and body fat percentage. Here is why.
Green Tea has Fat Burning Ingredients
Tea and green tea, in particular, is so much more than just flavored water. The leaves of the tea plant contain substances that dissolve in the water from the leaves and enter your bloodstream very readily.
One of the substances present is caffeine, which you would find in coffee. The caffeine content of green tea is lower than that of coffee, but it is still enough to affect your body’s fat burning processes.
Green tea also contains antioxidants called catechins. One of these, Epigallocatechin gallate, is known to increase the rate of metabolism in your body.
The Fat in Your Body is Set in Motion
For fat to be burned in your body, it needs to leave the cells it is stored in and enter the blood. The ingredients in green tea increase the rate at which fat is broken down into cells by enhancing the effectiveness of the hormones that burn fat. For example, the EGCG mentioned above can increase the amount of a hormone called norepinephrine in the blood.
More norepinephrine means more fat is broken down in the cells. EGCG also works with caffeine in the bloodstream to break down extra fat and send it to the bloodstream. This fat travels to muscles and is used for energy.
The Rate at Which Fat is Burned Increases
Take a look at the label of your weight loss diet supplement. Tea is probably an ingredient. Multiple studies have shown that green tea increases the rate of fat burn in your body while working out. You can burn up to 17% as much fat after green tea as someone who hasn’t ingested any tea. Green tea also increases this rate when you are resting.
You Burn Calories Faster and Reduce Intake Too
Your body is always consuming calories for energy that keeps your cells running in optimum shape. Green tea increases how many calories are burned in a period of time by about 4% on average.
Green tea is also able to aid weight loss by lowering your appetite. This obviously makes you consume fewer calories for each meal. However, this effect isn’t nearly as strong as the impact it has on the number of calories you burn in a day.
You Lose Bad Fat Faster
Visceral fat is the worst kind of fat you can have. It is wrapped around your organs and can cause fatal conditions if it is out of control.
While green tea alone doesn’t burn too much of your body fat overall, most of the fat it burns is the visceral kind. This means that you burn more visceral fat with more green tea in your diet, which lowers your risk of having heart attacks and other conditions.
Khalid Irfan is a Fitness expert who enjoys spending time in gym. He also enjoys being in the outdoors and exploring new opportunities whenever they arise as well as researching new topics to expand his horizons.
