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Green Tea for Weight Loss-

Green tea, more formally known as Camellia Sinensis, is a beneficial plant that is native to China. However, its usage is gaining popularity the west. Used for thousands of years in the East, green tea claims to lower chances of heart disease and cancer. Its most alluring quality may be its safe and fast weight loss promises. Is this a real claim, or is it hype?

Beware of Extreme Weight Loss Claims-

Many product manufacturers will claim that their tea drinks will promise extreme weight loss. Green tea alone will only burn about 50-80 calories/5 cups (more on this below). However, coupled with other active ingredients such as Hoodia Gordonii (yes, it's safe), it creates an extreme weight loss combination.

The question is if you really should incorporate green tea into your diet exclusively for weight loss reasons if you otherwise do not like the taste at all. Apparently the dieting effect is not so big as one can achieve miracle results with it and if you can not stand the slightly bitter taste of this healthy tea you will give up on it soon anyway.

There are more effective methods to increase the calories burned

Most likely there are other more effective methods to increase the calories you burn like starting a new fun sport, walking the neighbors dog regularly or even gardening. If you were looking for a miracle weight loss cure, you will have to look further, but if you like green tea it might give a slight advantage weight loss wise.