Protect Your Tea from Your Stomach
Add a squeeze of lemon. The citrus works to preserve some of those powerful disease-fighting compounds.
A Squeeze of This, a Dash of That
Researchers suspect that the phytochemicals in citrus work some kind of stabilizing magic on the catechins when they’re in your digestive tract — they seem to act like bodyguards.
More Reasons to Drink Tea
Fill the pot and grab your mug! We’ve got three good reasons to have tea time every day:
To help your body incinerate that spare tire.
To strengthen your immune system.
To give good face.
Cupful of Catechins
A mild boost to your weight loss efforts may be brewing in your teapot.
In a small study, Japanese researchers recently noted that adding catechin-rich green tea to the daily diet mildly boosted weight loss efforts in a group of men. Catechins — a type of antioxidant — also are purported to provide heart-health benefits. Other sources of catechins include grapes, wine, chocolate, berries, and apples.
The best way to lose weight is to control your calorie intake and increase the number of calories you burn each week through extra physical activity. A nutritionally balanced diet that doesn’t exclude food groups or discourage healthy eating patterns is your best bet. Boosting your metabolism with muscle-building exercises will make weight loss easier as well. If your weight loss efforts have stalled, consider revising your workout schedule to increase the aerobic portion of your workout. Or, focus on other goals in addition to weight, such as body fat measurements or body size measurements; sometimes improvements in these areas are not apparent on the bathroom scale.
September 19th, 2008 at 10:20 pm
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