green tea

hi all
 
i have read in varoius posts ppl adding green tea to there diet...
 
what would be the recomendations for this, and what benefits does it have to training and diet. etc
as a pesron that does not drink a lot of hot drinks, no tea or coffee, except for the occasional cup of hot water i wasnt sure weather to give this a go.
 
is it best to drink traditional green tea or one with an added flavour to it?
 
thanks
kerry x

Green tea contains catechins which is thought to have some health benefits, and help weight loss. It is a stronger antioxidant than black tea.  You could include a green tea drink midday and midafternoon.  If you don't want the drinks you could have green tea extract in capsule form.  The flavoured teas are quite nice if you don't like the flavour of normal green tea.
 
 

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Green tea has next to no noticable benefits with regards to weight loss.

stuart hamilton
Hamiltons Fitness
Colchester, UK
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A lot of web sites claim it does though? Some of them are independant as well as opposed to companies selling them.

Might have a look for some studies

There are numerous studies to show green tea, and other natural fat burners such as white tea or oolong tea have fat burning effects. I don't think it makes a difference on whether they're flavoured or not.

You can also drink cold :-)

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thanks for the replys peeps
i bought some green tea with orange and lotus flower flavouring, tastes ok, will see how i get on with it.

cheers

How did you like the Green Tea?

I squirt lemon juice in my lemon flavoured tea, that's the only thing that makes it bearable for me!!
 
Plus I read the other day it's beneficial to have it with lemon juice (something about cachetins)

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Green Tea has been shown in numerous studies to boost metabolism, which can assist in fat loss. If people just neck lots of green tea, continue to train and eat poorly then there will be negligible results, but to assist in an already successful cut / fat loss it is useful.

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im getting on well with the green tea, tried all the varietys going! lol
even when i went on my cruise 2 weeks ago i had it on board the ship, wasnt flavoured though but stuill drinkable, im currently having 3 green tea's a day now, and im not getting bored of it..........YET, lol x

ive stopped drinkin normal tea as it makes me want a wee biccy or 3 lol!! so black coffee and green tea for me!! twinings have a new seasonal flavour which is green tea with ginger. its lovely and spicy!! defo recommend it!!