Why hasn’t someone given me the memo on Lipton Green Tea with Mandarin Orange? Lately I’ve been on a super tea kick. I use to only drink Lipton’s Black Tea..actually I grew up drinking that in my house. I was never a fan and only would drink tea when I was sick. Geesh I wish I would’ve known the benefits!
If I had to start talking about the benefits of green tea, this post would turn into an essay! Green tea has been researched for over a decade. Just to mention a few, green tea has the potential to fight cancer, heart disease, lowering cholesterol, preventing diabetes and the list goes on and on.
As for weight loss, green tea and its extract have been known to fight obesity.
“In the Japanese study, 240 men and women were given varying amounts of green tea extract for three months. Those who got the highest amount lost fat and weight and had lower blood pressure and lower LDL “bad” cholesterol.”
…But the best way to get the most out of green tea — even if your main goal is losing weight — is to drink it.
“Taken altogether, the evidence certainly suggests that incorporating at least a few cups of green tea every day will positively affect your health,” says Diane McKay, PhD, a Tufts University scientist who studies antioxidants. “It’s not going to cure anything and it shouldn’t be consumed as a drug, but it can complement the rest of the diet.”