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July 1st, 2009 admin Leave a comment Go to comments

White Tea

Lose Weight On White Tea Diet

Although green tea is widely accepted throughout the world as an aid to beat the bulge, taking steps to lose weight on a white tea diet is still unknown to many.

However, dieters will be pleased to know that the latest research on the nutritional value of drinking tea has found that white tea has special qualities that can help you lose weight

Weight loss isn’t always a pleasant pastime, but you can always turn that into a fun process with friends by taking a slight artisan approach to making tea as you shed those extra pounds

One of the most refreshing ways to cool off on a hot summer day is drinking a tall glass of iced tea, and what better than making it white tea and perhaps acai berry for a nutritious fruity drink?

People From the Orient have long known the benefits of drinking tea. In fact, so important is this drink in these countries that there is special tea drinking rituals associated with this beverage.

There are certain grades of white tea, such as Bai Hao Yinzhen (Silver Needle). Bai Mu Dan (White Peony) to name a couple, White tea, green tea, oolong, pu-erh tea and black tea are all harvested from the Camellia sinensis tea plant, native to mainland South and Southeast Asia

However, it is thought that white tea, harvested in the early spring, hand picked from the top of the plant, when the buds are covered with a fine white down is more beneficial than the more well known herbal black or green tea, and has already been credited with a host of other health benefits, including strengthening the bones to lowering blood pressure,

More and more people are taking an interest in drinking tea as an aid to losing weight apart from the varies health attributes, The latest tests have shown that compounds in white tea prevent the storage of fat and helps break down existing fat deposits in the body

A study at Pace University in 2004 showed white tea had more anti-viral and anti-bacterial qualities than green tea. The use of these young, relatively unprocessed leaves helps to retain high levels of anti-oxidants that help with the fat burning process and metabolism boosting.

White tea has also been found to have more vitamin C and fluoride than the traditional black teas because of the limiting processing (fermenting or oxidizing) this brings out the antioxidants and vitamins but reduce the stimulant quality (caffeine) of this tea.

Another benefit of drinking white tea is that the caffeine that speeds your metabolism and helps to burn calories and energy at maximum efficiency, leaves no side effects as you would find with other teas that have the same properties and of course coffee, which contains higher levels of caffeine

In Industrialised countries, the rising incidence of obesity continues to be a growing concern. Research had show that white tea may not only be an ideal natural source of slimming and weight loss, but also a major weapon in the fight against related disorders such as cardiovascular diseases and diabetes

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