Green Tea Diet

For thousands of years, green tea diet has been a part of eastern culture. This diet has various health benefits and in case cases the benefits are dramatic. The benefits include weight loss, lowering of cholesterol, and disease prevention etc. A few of the compelling reasons to follow green tea diet are: Green tea has antioxidant – EGCG (epigallocatechin gallate) that stimulates release of fat into the blood stream which is in turn flushed out of the body. Thus this diet increases thermogenesis (or fat burning). With the use of green tea the metabolism of body speeds up by as much as 43% that causes weight loss. This diet has beneficial effect in lowering down the cholesterol and in inhibiting lipids absorption in the digestive tract. Consumption of this diet reduces chances of development of diabetes. Studies have also revealed that in borderline or pre-diabetic cases, green tea drink lowered the hemoglobin A1C level which is measurement of glucose levels in blood.

ECGC (Epigallocatechin gallate) found in green tea diet play significant role in promoting heart health by providing anti-inflammatory, antithrombogenic effects. ECGC prevents heart muscle damage. Green tea being a rich source of antioxidants is responsible for neutralizing free radicals. Besides providing number of health benefits, it has anti-aging effects. Oxidation is caused due to free radicals which is the main reason of aging and death of cells. Free radicals damage our body cells by attacking on them that ultimately leads to disease. The antioxidants like ECGC found in green tea diet neutralize these free radicals and help prevent premature aging and disease.