Slimming tea is a very attractive remedy for many overweight people. It would seem that it could be easier - drink tea and lose weight, while doing nothing!
However, it should immediately be determined that those teas that are sold in stores or pharmacies as a means to reduce weight often contain laxatives and diuretics. This explains their "slimming" effect, which boils down to the removal of fluid from the body.
With an intestinal upset caused by the use of tea with laxative herbs and fruits, all useful substances (vitamins, minerals) cease to be absorbed from food. A long-term intake of such a drink contributes to a decrease in immunity, leaching of calcium salts from the body, disruption of the kidneys and digestive system.
How to choose slimming tea?
To choose a quality and healthy tea, try to buy a certified product, on the packaging of which its composition is indicated. Avoid teas that contain synthetic additives, as well as those whose components are slurred on the packaging. Real slimming tea, as a rule, consists of green varieties of tea with various herbal supplements, does not have GMOs or chemical components, the ingredients of the drink are carefully selected.
If buckthorn bark, cassia leaves or senna leaves are present in the tea you are offering , you buy a laxative. The benefits of this tea will be minimal.
What components can contain herbal teas for weight loss?
The following are considered recognized means: fennel, alfalfa, ginger, hawthorn, flax, garcinia, dandelion root or nettle grass. To give tea a pleasant taste, producers can put lemon balm or mint, linden flowers, currant leaves and strawberries in it. All these plants help speed up metabolism, dull the feeling of hunger and further enhance the effect of green tea polyphenols.
You can collect these plants yourself, having prepared a drug collection from them. Why don’t you prepare summer thyme, raspberry, currant, linden blossom or mint? All these components can be added to green tea, so you get a drink that is useful and effective in the fight against excess weight.
Nutritional Benefits of Green Tea
It contains antioxidants, the main of which is catechin, which belongs to a group of substances called “flavonoids”. The concentration of catechin is highest in white and green tea, while in black tea the amount of this substance decreases due to the oxidation process. Catechin has a more pronounced antioxidant effect than vitamins C and E, which are considered the best antioxidants.
High in tea and the caffeine content, more precisely, its separate form - theophylline. This substance is able to accelerate the process of burning fat, and the released fat is used by the body as a source of energy.
L-thianine - this amino acid is found only in green tea. In the body, it is able to transform into gamma-aminobutyric acid, which is an indispensable substance in the transmission of a nerve impulse in the brain. Reception of l-tianine helps to increase concentration and at the same time acts in a relaxing way on the body. L-tianine is part of the fat burners used in sports medicine.
Due to the polyphenols contained in green tea, there is an increase in heat transfer and the process of burning fat is accelerated . It is a combination of catechins, theophylline and l-thianine that gives a pronounced effect of weight loss.
How to drink slimming tea?
To get the most out of tea, it should be consumed without milk, sugar, or cream. Also, tea along with cakes, crackers, sandwiches does not contribute to weight loss.
To reduce weight, you should drink green tea. Losing weight will be effective if you use it in the amount of one liter per day. You should not immediately overload the body with such a large volume of tea, start its use with 2-3 cups. Then, if you tolerate the drink well, bring its amount to the recommended norm. However, it is not recommended to drink more than 1.5 liters of tea per day, and you should not drink it on an empty stomach, otherwise you will harm your stomach. The best time for tea is one hour after a meal.