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Article #49: Chinese Green Tea and Weight Loss - good combination

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For most people, the Chinese green tea is are said to be the ones responsible for
a stuff of legends. It has been known to making the tea very beneficial.
be very beneficial to human health and Recent findings show that the
has been talked about and written about antioxidants in Chinese tea can reduce
because of its countless positive effects cholesterol levels in a person; can
for thousands of years. improve how blood vessels function; and
According to legend, the first person to can reduce blood lipids. It was also
ever taste Chinese green tea was the discovered that this healthy tea can have
Emperor Shen Nung in 2737 B.C. It was an anti-inflammatory effects and may
said that while boiling some water for provide protection against cardiovascular
drinking, some leaves fell into his pot diseases.
from a tree nearby. Green tea leaves when Chinese Green Tea for Weight Loss
boiled smelled and tasted so wonderful Significant findings were made that
that Shen Nung even urged his people to pointed to the benefits of such a tea in
drink it. The fame of the green tea did weight loss. According to the researchers
not stay at one place for long. It is of the University of Geneva, green tea
believed that in A.D. 800, Chinese tea has thermogenic properties which aid much
was brought to Japan by monks who studied in weight loss. In their study, they
Buddhism in China. investigated the weight loss benefits of
What makes this green tea different from Chinese dieting by observing the
all other teas? interaction between the caffeine in green
Chinese tea is produced from Camellia tea and a compound called
sinensis, the same plant where the oolong epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG).
and black tea are derived. Yet, even When these two substances in the tea
though they all come from the same herb, react, thermogenesis of the body
the Chinese green drinnk truly stands out increases by four percent. The tendency
as an exceptional health drink. So what of Chinese green tea to enhance metabolic
makes it different? rates has given people reason to believe
The difference lies in the method by that this tea has weight loss benefits as
which this tea is produced. Oolong and well.
black tea leaves are traditionally Another study concerning the weight loss
oxidized and then dried while the Chinese benefits of Chinese dieting system was
green tea leaves are steamed and then also conducted. The results of the
dried. This method of producing green tea research showed that green tea drinkers
actually preserves most of the beneficial have a better propensity for weight loss.
antioxidants present in it. Drinking Chinese tea allows the body to
Chinese Green Tea for Health burn an additional 70 calories a day, a
While it is already common knowledge that feat that weight loss enthusiasts would
green tea has several health benefits, relish.
modern scientists were able to provide Today, Chinese green tea is widely
several concrete proofs of the positive available as a beverage and as an
effects of Chinese tea. Its antioxidants ingredient for weight loss products.






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