My first diet pill ingredient review: Green Tea

1.      GREEN TEA: 

Green tea is one of the most common, and most well-researched diet pill ingredients.  It is a legitimate diet aid and thus a good first diet pill ingredient for me to review.  I hope.

The Camellia sinensis plant gives us green, black, and oolong teas.  They are all derived from the leaves at different stages of youth. Green tea is made of unfermented leaves, which may be the reason for green tea’s high level of anti-oxidants.  The scientific names for antioxidants are Polphenols, and the ones in green tea are specifically catechins, more commonly known on the diet market as EGCG.  EGCG is the most widely researched and well known diet pill ingredient.  Out of all diet pill ingredients, EGCG is one of the few proven ingredients which promote weight loss. It can be drunk in green tea, or taken in pill form.

EGCG is the calorie burner in green tea (discounting caffeine which is well known to burn). It has been proven to aid the metabolism boost above and beyond what the natural caffeine would do.  In tests of green tea vs a caffeine supplement, green tea always comes out on top and this is because of EGCG.  EGCG increases the number of calories used by everyday activities for hours after drinking the tea. In a study conducted in 2005, it was shown to boost endurance exercise performance and to increase the use of fatty acids in the body to fuel activity.. In other words green tea was shown to help you exercise for longer periods, because you were using up fatty tissues in your body. Green tea was featured on Fox News in October 5, 2011 entitled “Drinking Green Tea May Help You Lose Weight”. It was also featured in Yahoo news last August 3, 2011 entitled “The Official Green Tea Diet Promotes Healthy Weight Loss”

You do not have to consume two or three cups of tea each day to receive the health benefits of green tea. By taking green tea pills (containing the extract) instead, you will be able to consume the optimal amount easily and conveniently. Also, it’s been proven that the active ingredients in the extract are more highly concentrated than in a cup of tea.  Green tea diet pills can be bought different shops and pharmacies such as CVS, WALGREENS, GNC, Walmart, etc. and online like Ebay and Amazon.

More info on Green Tea: http://www.healthfitnessexperts.com/how-to-use-green-tea-for-weight-loss/