Green Tea For Weight Loss

It is the known fact that the Green Tea has long been related with health benefits. The latest research specifies that it may hold guarantee as the treatment for the obesity and other body weight related problems. As per the available statistics it is understood that over half the population of the Americans are either overweight or obese. Such conditions are strongly connected with the complications like Type 2 diabetes mellitus, hypertension, heart disease and sleep disorders. Losing weight may lessen some of such symptoms.

According to the researchers, the Green Tea improves the levels of energy spent by the body, and in this way probably contributes to the weight loss advantages. It is believed that the research would most likely assign the Green Teaâ€™s efficacy as the weight loss help. The Green Tea has thermogenic properties and it promotes fat oxidation beyond that described by its caffeine contents per serving, as revealed by the team of doctors working at the University of Geneva. Similar research conducted by the some doctors in Switzerland also confirmed the thermogenic properties of the Green Tea.

The Green Tea seems to be gearing up the calorie burning which also includes fat calorie burning. The extract of the Green Tea may play the vital role in controlling the body composition. The effect of the Green Tea was studied by the researchers on 10 healthy young men of an average age of 25 years, ranging from lean to mildly overweight. The participants were administered two capsules at each meal: green Tea extracts plus 50 mg of caffeine or a placebo â€“ inactive capsule for 6 weeks.

All the participants were put on the weight maintenance diet of about 13% protein, 40% fat and 47% carbohydrates which is considered as the typical Western diet. The men spent 24 hours in the special rooms where the investigators measured their respiration and energy expenditures for three times during the study. Energy expenditure â€“ the number of calories used during the 24 hour period was more than men taking green tea extract than for those taking caffeine and placebo. Evidence was also noticed that men taking the Green Tea extract used more fat calories as compared to those taking the placebo.