Any of you Drink Green Tea

[Uniquely_Ambi]

I drink a cup in the morning when I wake up and a cup at night before going to bed and I swear by it. I really think it works well.

[lowriders]

I'm drinking a cup right now,and I have an herbal tea in the evenings,I love the stuff :nod

[sidrah]

Never had coffee in my life, so I have always had tea. I like green tea a lot. I think it is better than some of the flavored ones that I never lined up for. Hot or cold is good .

I also bought the green tea capsules at the drug store. Seem to be doing the trick.

[Esther]

What about *white* tea?

A friend of mine just gave me some *white* tea?

Does anyone know anything about it? Is it the same plant as ordinary black or green tea? What properties does it have?

[FightingTheFight]

someone told me that it was better than green tea, I don't know how much truth in that there is but who knows.

[LilBit]

Green tea is the main ingredient in Atkins Accel. It is also believed that green tea has thermogenic properties that helps weight loss. Some on these boards swear by it (me included) while others have experienced little effects.

Yep, I firmly believe in the thermogenic properties of Green Tea. I can tell on the scale when I've had a few cups of it or not - I don't drink it, my weight loss slows down dramatically.

I mix mine with a bag of Celestial though, either Raspberry Zinger or Blueberry. Kills the taste of "grass". :guns

[thornbirdskkk]

I see some one of you saying decaf green tea does it have the same benefits? I cannot drink caffeine it gives me heart papliations, but I would like to try it, the decaffinated variety. I take tapizole for a hyperactive thryoid, would there be any side effects that I should know about if anyone knows?

[californiacasey]

I have always drunk green tea when I have a cold. I have been drinking it more in the past few weeks to replace my coffee AND because it can help lower cholesterol.
(Although they say you need about 4-5 cups a day to lower cholesterol, the most I can get down right now is 2 cups)
Good to know that it might help speed up metabolism.

:ThumbsUp

[LilBit]

thornbirdskkk - I can't drink caffeine either, but luckily, it says right on the box of my Decaf that it has the same properties as the regular stuff.

Mine is Salada brand, but I'm sure any brand will do. :wave

[thornbirdskkk]

Thanks, Lilbit,
I will be getting myself some today!!

[ztachick]

does the sweetner in tea effect weight loss any, i tried the lipton diet green tea with citris and its 0 cals and 0 carbs, it was really good too, but is the sweetner gonna stall us...?

[iyamamaschke]

I don't use sweeter except on occasion. Myt ea is always black or green in the green tea. LOL

I was using a fair bit of sweetner for 2 weeks and my weight loss totally stopped so hey the sweetner may or may not stall hopefully not.

Sarah