Lose Belly Fat with Green Tea
By David Grisaffi,
Author, Firm And Flatten Your
Abs
Drinking green tea, and
its cousin black tea or oolong tea, has been a custom in many
countries for thousands of years. The tea is made from the
leaves of the Camellia sinensis plant. Everyone world wide
enjoys a good cup of tea, however the benefits of drinking tea
are not as wide- spread as they could be. Tea is without a
doubt good for your health, helps with high blood pressure,
keeping your heart ticking, aids in blood flow, keeps your
bones strong, reduces your waist line, gobbles up belly fat
and helps clean your kidneys plus a few more but I think you
get the drift.
There
is a difference in color between teas. This is a by-product of
production. Green tea is the same as black tea however black
tea is left out to ferment while drying. This process changes
the color to black. It is a milder tasting tea and I would
assume why it is a bit more popular. Oolong ferments about ?
the amount of time black tea ferments. Green tea is steamed
and then let dry to keep the flavor intact. Green tea has
nutrient rich properties that other beverages do not possess.
It is rich in certain phytonutrients called catechins. This
nutrient contains many different compounds but in an average
cup of tea it provides about 125 mg of catechins.
Green,
black and oolong tea possess health benefits as stated above.
The phyponitrites or catechins found in the teas act to
eradicate free radicals from your body. These free radicals
are believed to be precursors to many health problems in our
society. Green tea is however more powerful in this area than
the other two, because the amount of catechins in green tea is
more then double.
Teas
do have a positive effect on reducing high blood pressure.
Drinking just one cup a day can
reduce your chances of high blood pressure by
80% according to a new Chinese
study.
Your heart also benefits from tea consumption.
Tea helps keep arteries clear and reduces cholesterol. Both
have an enormous impact on longevity. Studies show that drinking 2 cups of tea per day
can extend your life by 40%. Now that is worth
thinking about.
For
the women out there reading this you will also enjoy the
simple fact that drinking tea strengthens and increase bone
density. This really helps postmenopausal women. Just make
sure you get your calcium and vitamin D everyday in addition
to drinking green tea.
Now
the best part about green tea, or all teas mentioned above in
my opinion, is their ability to reduce your belly line. The
least appreciate value of green tea is its catechins ability
to interfere with fat digesting enzymes in the stomach and
small intestines. This results in incomplete digestion of fat
lipids.
This
leads to fewer fats absorbed by the intestinal tract and more
elimination of fat lipids. It has another benefit as a fat
storage inhibiter. It also helps the body transfer from sugar
burning to fat burning. This improves the belly line as you
use more fat for energy. The increase fat burning is
contributed to "thermogenisis" or heat
production by your body. You can lose over a pound a month
just by drinking a cup or two of tea per day. Now couple that
with a good nutrition plan and exercise plan and you are in
business.
There is evidence that
stress and depression are associated with increased abdominal
fat. Stress and anxiety plus depression increase the stress
hormone cortisol. This hormone aids in the collection of body
fat in the abdominal region. Green tea seems to have amino
acid, which counteracts cortisols effect. The amino acid is
called L-theanine.
The
benefits of drinking tea are documented and more studies are
in progress to help us understand the great benefits of the
wonderful drink. Tea helps with all kinds of ailments and
should be part of anyone's overall health plan. Please feel
free to pass this article on to anyone you wish. If you want
to know more about how to reduce your
body fat level and
improve your abdominal muscles, look to:
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Coach David Grisaffi,
Tacoma Washington
About the Author:
David Grisaffi majored in physical
education and holds multiple certifications including 3 from
the prestigious CHEK Institute: Level II high Performance
Exercise Kinesiologist, Golf Biomechanic, and health and
lifestyle counselor. He's also certified by the ISSA as a
personal trainer and specialist in performance nutrition.
David has been a high school wrestling and baseball coach and
is currently an independent trainer and strength coach. He has
been sought after by some of the top athletes in professional
sports including world champion boxer Greg Haugen and
professional golfer Michael Putnam. David?s ebook, Firm And Flatten Your
Abs is an online best seller which teaches you how
develop ?six pack abs" while improving strength, function and
athletic power at the same time. Find out more on the home
page at: http://www.flattenyourabs.net/
