Curb Cravings With Green Tea: Helps the Body Burn Fat

October 7th, 2008

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Green tea has a long history of healthful benefits and its qualities are significantly more effective than black tea. Both teas come from the carnellia sinensis plant but green tea leaves are steamed rather than fermented like black and oolong teas. This prevents a powerful anti-oxidant, epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), from being oxidized and therefore diminished.

Antioxidant Properties

Most of us have heard of the positive effects red wine can have on a fatty diet and its healthful benefits on heart disease. High amounts of catechins polyphenols, particularly EGCG, are present in green tea. And EGCG has twice as much resveratrol as red wine, making it a powerful weapon towards lowering cholesterol, inhibiting blood clots and negating the effects of a fatty diet.

EGCG is also used to treat diabetes and is reported to have glucose-lowering effects. In addition glucose can cause a person to feel hunger and by controlling insulin levels, you control appetite. Try drinking a mug of green tea at the first hunger pain and you are well on your way to managing your appetite.

Thermogenesis

Thermogenesis literally means heat generation. Green tea increases thermogenesis in the body, becoming a potent appetite suppressant and increasing fat oxidation, helping the body to use fat as an energy source. This means the body is preferentially burning fat over protein.

Green tea also raises the body’s metabolism, increasing the rate at which calories are burned. In a recent study, the combination of green tea and caffeine burned more calories than those given a placebo.

Add to its thermogenesis benefits, green tea also has energy-boosting properties, which makes it a perfect breakfast tea or mid-afternoon pick me up.

Other Healthful Benefits

There are many other conditions in which green tea is reputed to be helpful:

* Killing cancer cells, while leaving healthy cells untouched
* Treating Rheumatoid arthritis
* Lowering LDL cholesterol
* Preventing thrombosis which causes heart attacks and strokes
* Addressing cardiovascular disease by inhibiting abnormal formation of blood clots
* Preventing infection
* Improving impaired immune function
* Stopping certain neurodegenerative diseases (such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s)
* Treating multiple sclerosis
* Preventing tooth decay by killing the bacteria that causes dental plaque

When you compare the heath benefits of green tea with the harmful effects of regular and diet soda, coffee and other damaging drinks, it is easy to see why green tea has a long and successful history of benefiting the drinker.

Adding Green Tea to Your Diet

Green tea has become so popular that it can be found in mainstream grocery stores as well as gas stations and convenience stores. There are many flavors and varieties of green teas so you will be sure to find a combination of flavors you’ll enjoy.

Consider also adding green tea water to some cooked foods. Adding tea to a pot of boiling pasta will affect the flavor in a fresh new way. Toss that same pasta with pine nuts, pesto and a dash of olive oil and you have a healthful dish with many antioxidant properties. Challenge yourself to find new and exciting ways to add green tea to your diet.

About The Author
Are cravings for sugar, salt, junk food, sodas, and coffee running your life? For over 20 years, Diana Walker, the Cravings Coach, has assisted people like you in using natural, safe options for creating vibrant health. Receive Diana’s free Cravings Coach TIPS at http://www.thecravingscoach.com/blog

by: Diana Walker

Burn Fat And Lose Weight The Natural Way

October 7th, 2008

by: Mike Vincent

Although they say there’s nothing new under the sun, it may be that weight reduction supplements made from a South American berry may be pretty close to being something new for us in North America.

This “wonder berry” is called Cha De Bugre and it grows deep in the heart of the Amazon Jungle in Brazil. It’s said to contain some very powerful natural compounds that turn up your body’s fat burning furnace to give you the fastest, most energizing results.

Cha De Bugre has long been used in Brazil for many reasons. Essentially it is used for energy and alertness. It can also help reduce your appetite and to control cellulite. It can be used as a stimulant to gain energy and it can help support a healthy heart.

Chá de Bugre (Cordia ecalyculata), is a small tree 20-40 feet high and 1-2 feet in diameter with its origins in Brazil, though it also grows in other tropical parts of South America, such as Argentina and Paraguay.

The red cherry fruit resembles coffee beans, and thus Chá de Bugre is also known as ‘café do mato’ (coffee of the woods). In small villages, you can still find many locals using it as a coffee substitute.

But this amazing berry from Brazil goes way beyond coffee in its benefits to us. And it seems to have no drawbacks.

And, while we’re on the subject of drawbacks, it should be mentioned that its overall positive qualities separate Cha De Bugre from Ephedra, which you may remember, some years ago was the drug of promise for weight loss.

Well, after the fade of Ephedra, which was found to have a negative effect on heart function, the world renown of Chá de Bugre has come at the right time. Perhaps its fame was inevitable given our constant quest for healthy remedies without side effects.

For centuries in Brazil Chá de Bugre has been known as a very potent weight loss aid and you can find it in pharmacies, stores and even local stalls all around Brazil. Thanks to its wide range of applications, Chá de Bugre comes in various forms such as tea bags, tinctures and fluid extracts.

Dr. C. L. Cruz’s book, ‘Dictionary of the Plants Used in Brazil’, helped it gain worldwide popularity. There he explained and analyzed all of Cha De Bugre’s positive effects on the human body. He recommends Chá de Bugre as an excellent diuretic, a weight loss aid and as a general heart tonic that helps to stimulate the blood circulation.

It can also relieve coughs, regulate renal function, reduce uric acid, cure herpes and alleviate rheumatism and arthritis.

This makes a case for Cha De Bugre being a world class healing fruit.

My interest in it is because of its benefits in weight loss. Indeed, thanks to its great ability to suppress the appetite, the patient’s body feels satisfied after eating only a small amount of food. This feature promotes the idea of smaller meals throughout the day and helps to achieve sustained weight loss and functional metabolism, avoiding the unpleasant Yo Yo effect.

In certain forms, Cha De Bugre acts as a thermogenic. (Thermogenics are dietary supplements that stimulate the body’s burning of fat. They increase the metabolism of the body’s adipose tissue, thus generating heat.)

So, if you have been searching for a safe and natural weight reduction food supplement then try products made from the Cha De Bugre berry such as Ignite 157.

About The Author
Mike Vincent is a health food and health supplement expert and runs the website http://www.speedyhealthsupplements.com . You can find out more about natural weight reduction supplements at his website and get other health information there.