by Robert Dave Johnston

Created on: May 29, 2008

IN this article we will discuss green tea weight loss characteristics as they pertain to your fasting and overall health and fitness efforts. You will find how green tea can help you lose more weight while you fast, in addition to giving you an energy boost when you feel like throwing in the towel from withdrawal symptoms and hunger pains.

All in all, green tea has grown to become one of my favorites and one I hope will help support your fasting and/or weight loss efforts.

A Bounty of Benefits

When I started fasting for weight loss, I soon realized I was going to need extra energy to help me maintain my daily activities.

Looking for information, I came across green tea weight loss studies that talked about its thermogenic or body heating effects. Intrigued, I continued my research.

I learned that drinking oolong tea or green tea extract - a more concentrated form of oolong tea could give me more energy.

It also could help accelerate so called fat burning or "oxidation" and consequently, facilitate weight loss. I was amazed, yet still skeptical.

By the way, green tea contains a powerful antioxidant called Epigallocatechin (EGCG) which aids the body repair itself at the cellular level.

Practical Results

At the time I was new to fasting but my efforts were going fairly well. I started with juice fasting and had gotten pretty good at mixing fruits, vegetables and even yogurt to sustain me while I abstained from solid food.

I also did several three-day water only fasts, which were even more challenging. But, through it all, I found myself feeling very weak. Also, the pounds were not melting as swiftly as I had hoped.

As I recall, at the time I was coming up on a special engagement that required me to be at a very specific weight.

I can tell you from first-hand experience that green tea, while not a fix-all, DID help to expedite loss of weight. It was not shockingly dramatic but it did help. It made the weight loss consistent and very noticeable.

I had fasted before without using green tea and did notice a positive difference. Drinking green tea also DID pep me up and allow me to stay functional. I was convinced. Green tea weight loss and energy-boosting properties were real.

Green Tea Studies

Micronutrient research by the Linus Pauling Institute at Oregon State University has looked closely at green tea (catchetins) and its effect in humans.

According to the institute, green tea weight loss occurs because the body appears to use more energy after the tea is ingested due to the

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