Get the most out of your cuppa with the natural power of high-quality green tea. We say this because green tea contains substances that allow you to burn fat. Increased fat burning is what invariably helps you in weight loss. The health benefits of green tea are largely credited to its high content of flavonoids. If you’re wondering what flavonoids are, they are in fact plant-derived compounds

Simply put, a cup of tea really does make everything better. C.S. Lewis once said “you can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.” While the book reference is self-explanatory, read on to find out exactly why you can’t have too much green tea either…
 

Wake up with green tea

Wake up with green tea

The benefits of green tea are numerous—they include the reduced risk of heart disease since the antioxidants help block the oxidation of LDL (bad cholesterol) as well as improved artery function. Drinking a cup once you wake up in the morning helps you absorb these antioxidants and other helpful plant compounds. In green-tea drinking cultures, the average amount is three times a day. So, if you have long office hours, it might be helpful to carry your Lipton Green Tea bags with you and steep a fresh bag as you check your email.

 

Take a little time for tea

Take a little time for tea

Where green tea really wins our vote is undoubtedly in its vast range of antioxidants. The mystical beverage is concentrated with potent antioxidants called catechins. The most important of these is EGCG (Epigallocatechin Gallate), a substance that can boost fat metabolism. In order to burn fat, it must first be broken down in the fat cell and then transported to the blood stream. The active compounds in green tea help in this process by boosting the effects of fat burning hormones. When drinking tea is combined with exercise, the fat burning becomes more efficient and significant.

 

Where there’s tea, there is hope

Where there’s tea, there is hope

Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the Earth revolves—slowly, evenly, without rushing toward the future. – Thich Nhat Hanh

Caffeine and EGCG, which are both naturally found in green tea, have a synergistic effect. The end result is that fat cells break down more fat which is then released into the bloodstream and thus becomes available for the body to use as energy by cells that need it.

All in all, the substances in green tea increase levels of hormones that allow fat cells to break down fat—releasing fat into the bloodstream to be used as energy.

Green tea has repeatedly shown to increase the burning of fat—so this holiday season if you want to look fabulous in your festive wear, load up on Lipton at the grocery store.