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Green Tea, Weight Loss and Heart Disease

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Green tea keeps gaining more popularity as a weight loss aid and now a new study suggests it may also help with heart disease and stroke. Researchers state this is due to the catechins (antioxidants) it contains. (Purdue University suggests that these are unstable compounds and to get more out of drinking your tea you should use some lemon juice in your tea as you will derive 13 times more catechin benefit.)

It’s still not the magic bullet to lose weight, you still have to cut back on overall calories, exercise and drink your water.  But now you can drink something  good for you in addition to water which will actually help your body possibly lose even more weight in the process. And with so many great tasting versions of green tea, that should make just about everyone happy.

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Posted by: Alan King | Oct 21, 2009 11:22:30 AM

Posted by: Linda Hibbard | Oct 18, 2009 1:25:16 PM

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Posted by: Jason Witt | Oct 17, 2009 6:01:35 AM

Adding some lemon to your tea is indeed a quite healthy way to drink it. Much better than adding any milk. However, the citrus can be hard on your teeth if you add a lot of lemon consistently. The tea will clean your mouth but the lemon can be harmful. --Teaternity

Posted by: Andrew | Oct 16, 2009 5:22:15 AM

I too have heard the fact that by adding lemon juice in green tea you make the antioxidants it contains more effective. This is fabulous considering that we need a good healthy dose of antioxidants each day.

You can check out this article for more info:
http://www.shedyourweight.com/a_more_powerful_green_tea_energize_the_green_tea_antioxidants.html

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