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Like the "green tea diet", white tea weight loss can be just as effective!
Is your bathroom scale being obnoxious lately? Tea can help you lose weight, as many dieters are discovering. White tea may be one of the best teas for that purpose. Both green tea and oolong tea have some of the same effects for losing weight, but for many, white tea will be just the thing for shedding some pounds.
There are four main ways in which white tea weight loss works:
First, the caffeine in the white tea will speed up the metabolism. That means that the cells in the body are incited to burn nutrients and calories faster. In essence, the body burns more energy digesting the tea than the tea contains. This effect of all teas is well known, but it may not be that effective for losing weight.
It has been calculated that if you drink four cups of white tea a day, but change nothing else about your diet, you can expect to lose about four to eight pounds in a whole year. The numbers are not much different for other teas like green tea and oolong, and the effect is not strong enough for this alone to be a good way to lose weight.
The second factor in white tea weight loss is much more effective. In short, when you're drinking white tea, you're not drinking something unhealthy or full of calories. White tea contains no calories, and there is no reason to put sugar or milk in it – the flavor is already naturally sweet and subtle, and it is ruined by any additives.
Thirdly, when you drink white tea for weight loss purposes, you will notice that you no longer have as strong a craving for sweets and fatty, unhealthy foods. White tea acts as an appetite suppressant, and takes the edge off the sharpest hunger for empty calories. If you sip on a few cups of white tea steadily throughout your day, you'll find that hours have gone by without you snacking on something that is bad for you. It's not hard, either – white tea is a delicious brew that you will soon want to drink as often as you can
The fourth reason why white tea and weight loss go so well together is psychological – you will want to eat a healthy diet. Keeping in mind the marvelous health benefits of white tea, it would be pretty silly to squander them by eating junk food. It may be just the mental edge you need to stick to a healthy diet.
White tea is not a magic bullet for losing weight, as such a thing doesn't exist, but it can be a wonderful aid when we want to see a lower number on that bathroom scale.
Find out more about white tea and weight loss, and the health benefits of white tea.
This article was contributed by White Tea Central.com
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