Different Kinds Of Tea That Melt Fat
Think of your body as teapot on the stove and the water inside as your belly fat. Chances are the pot is sitting there over a low flame, not doing much of anything. The water inside may be warm, but it’s not boiling. If you want the pot to whistle—and attract a few whistles yourself—you need to crank up the heat.
Well, that’s exactly what will happen if you take that teapot from metaphor to reality. Tea—at least, certain types of tea—can rev up your body’s ability to melt fat as quickly and easily as turning a stove from low to high. New research, included in my book Zero Belly Diet, reveals that tea can reset your internal thermometer to increase fat burn by up to 10 percent without exercising, or dieting, or sitting in a sauna dreaming about a Nestea plunge.
Why not give your body every advantage it can get in the battle against fat? Here are some brews to start sipping for a slimmer, sleeker, more efficient fat-burning you.
#1
For most Americans, tea is tea. Forget black teas, white teas, greens, and reds; tea is that finely ground gunpowder that comes in bags from Lipton, or that over-sweetened sludge sloshed into plastic bottles and sold in between the Coke and the Mountain Dew.
However, in places like Japan, the UK, and large swaths of Southeast Asia, tea leaves are as diverse and nuanced as wine grapes. Not only does the flavor profile change dramatically between one tea variety and the next, but so do the health benefits. Not only can certain brews fight off various diseases, select teas have also been shown to rev the metabolism, quell hunger, slash waist-widening stress and shrink fat cells. When Taiwanese researchers studied more than 1,100 people over a 10-year period, they determined that those who drank tea had naearly 20 percent less body fat than those who drank none!
To ensure you brew the best cups for your weight loss goals, we’ve rounded up the most potent waist-whittling teas from around the world.
#2 White tea
White tea is dried naturally, often in sunlight, making it the richest source of antioxidants among teas — with as much as three times as many polyphenols as green tea.
A study published in the Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism showed that it can simultaneously boost the breakdown of fat and block the formation of fat cells.
It’s also a rich source of an antioxidant that triggers the release of fat from the cells and helps speed the liver’s ability to turn fat into energy. If there is such a thing as diet tea, this is it.
#3 Barberry Tea
The stem, fruit and root bark of the barberry shrub contains berberine–a powerful, naturally occurring, fat-frying chemical. A study conducted by Chinese researchers revealed that berberine can prevent weight gain and the development of insulin resistance in rats consuming a high-fat diet. Previous studies have also found that consuming the plant can boost energy expenditure and help decrease the number of receptors on the surface of fat cells, making them less apt to absorb incoming sources of flubber. Pair it with this definitive plan of 14 ways to turn on your get-lean genes to slim down fast.
#4 Rooibos Tea
Leaves of the rooibos plant are rich in polyphenols and flavonoids both of which are very effective at inhibiting adipogenesis, a process of formation of new fat cells in the body. A research conducted by a South African group of researchers, they found that the inhibition effect can be up to a staggering 22%.
Removing the stubborn fats will be much easier with a daily dose of Rooibos tea along with a good diet.
#5 Oolong Tea
Oolong, a Chinese name for “black dragon,” is a light, floral tea that, like green tea, is also packed with catechins, which help to promote weight loss by boosting your body’s ability to metabolize lipids (fat). A study in the Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine found that participants who regularly sipped oolong tea lost six pounds over the course of the six-week time period. That’s a pound a week! It also has a calming effect.
#6 PU-ERH Tea
This is a local tea in China. The fat-burning properties of this plant’s extracts are well renowned. To prove the old tales, the Chinese conducted a research on animals which proved that consumption of the Pu-erh tea extracts significantly lowers the levels of lipids in the bloodstream. It consequently reduces the amount and rate of fat storage. Though we can argue with only animal testing, it is possible to expect different results on the Human body. But it certainly gives us a green light to test it out for an efficient weight loss method
#7 Lemon Tea
Whether salty foods or alcohol are to blame for your blimp-like belly, lemon tea can help fight the bloat thanks to its d-limonene content. The compound, which is found in citrus rind oil, has been used for its diuretic effects since ancient times. But until recently, there were no scientific findings to back the claims. An animal study published in the Journal of the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan confirmed D-Limonene can indeed banish boat due to water retention.
#8 Green Tea
Before a workout, turbocharge the fat-blasting effects by sipping a cup of green tea. In a recent 12-week study, participants who combined a daily habit of 4-5 cups of green tea each day with a 25-minute sweat session lost an average of two more pounds than the non tea-drinking exercisers.
Thank the compounds in green tea called catechins, flat belly crusaders that blast adipose tissue by triggering the release of fat from fat cells (particularly in the belly), and then speeding up the liver’s capacity for turning that fat into energy
