green tea

[laura1986]

i thought all green teas have no caffine in??? been trying to research and am unsure if this is allowed on atkins cant find it anywhere. i have bought twinnings green tea seasonal edition - mango flavour and PG green tea lemon flavour. any ideas if i can drink this?

[not2late]

Re: green tea

Green tea has caffeine. I think the amount is either the same or slightly lower than black tea.

You need to look for the "decaffeinated" teas.

[laura1986]

Re: green tea

how gutting is that i bought 2 boxes will cafiene ever be brought into any of phases of atkins, could i keep it, or give it to someone else?

[jeff3298]

Re: green tea

I found this on a google seach. I too drink Green tea and found the caffine level low compared to black tea and other drinks.

Caffeine Content Of Popular Drinks
12-ounce beverage milligrams
Red Bull (8.2 oz)80
Jolt71.2
Pepsi One55.5
Mountain Dew55
Diet Mountain Dew55
Surge51
Tab46.8
Diet Coke45.6
RC Cola43
Diet RC43
Dr. Pepper41
Diet Dr. Pepper41
Diet Sunkist Orange41
Mr. Pibb40
Sugar-Free Mr. Pibb40
Sunkist Orange40
Pepsi-Cola37.5
Diet Pepsi36
Coca-Cola Classic34
A&W Creme Soda29
Barq's Root Beer23
A&W Diet Creme Soda22
Slim-Fast Chocolate Flavors20
Diet Rite Cola0
Sprite0
7-Up0
Mug Root Beer0
Diet Barq's Root Beer0
A&W Root Beer0
Slice0
Sierra Mist0

Other Beverages
8-ounce Beverage milligrams
Tea, iced47
Tea, brewed, imported brands (avg.)60
Tea, brewed, U.S. brands (avg.)40
Tea, green15

[not2late]

Re: green tea

Caffeine is to be avoid according to Dr. Atkins.

Friends give me boxes of tea all the time. I use them in place of a hard wood to smoke chicken or fish.

[jeff3298]

Re: green tea

Excessive caffine should be avoided. Caffine (excessive or not) could cause a stall

[msanjelpie]

Re: green tea

Caffeine causes a raise in blood sugar when you first drink it. An hour or two later the blood sugar plummets. If you have blood sugar issues this can cause you to become very hungry. If you don't have blood sugar issues than you won't notice the hunger. In that case I would say caffeine doesn't effect the diet for you... If you notice the hunger, I would avoid caffeine.

I have to avoid caffeine because I would have diet soda with dinner and then several hours after dinner I would become voraciously hungry like I could eat a horse hungry... it was horrible...

it depends on YOUR body... caffeine does not cause stalls (unless you give in to the hunger and binge)

[Georgiana]

Re: green tea

Hunger is not the only symptom of blood sugar distress, so take the test on pp. 150-151 in DANDR before deciding how it affects you.

[laura1986]

Re: green tea

not sure what to do, for me caffine doesnt make me hungry but ifdr atkins says no, im unsure what to do? i have bought to boxes of green tea. not sure if i should give them away?

[Elizellen]

Re: green tea

They will keep quite a long time unopened, so maybe tuck them away till you are further along on your Atkins journey.

[laura1986]

Re: green tea

u can bring cafiene bk in later on?

[liv]

Re: green tea

You can test it out to see how it will work on your system I suppose.