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Sometimes all your metabolism needs is a little boost to help you burn through food faster and create a more efficient calorie deficit for weight loss. While there are a number of foods that you can eat regularly to help torch calories and increase your metabolism, there’s one hot drink that works better than most to help your body run more efficiently, making it easier for you to lose weight. If you need a little extra help streamlining your system to make way for healthy weight loss results, this is the one drink you need to be brewing up daily for the best results.
Not only is it a great source of caffeine, but green tea is also a known metabolism booster which works to help break down fat more efficiently, netting better weight loss results. “Green tea contains caffeine and a type of flavonoid called catechin, which is an antioxidant. Research suggests that both of these compounds can speed up metabolism. Catechin can help to break down excess fat, while both catechin and caffeine can increase the amount of energy the body uses,” explains Medical News Today.
Antioxidants are known to improve your overall health by providing protection against disease, and seeing as green tea is loaded with them, it’s one of the best drinks for supporting your healthy lifestyle as you work to lose weight. Additionally, caffeine has been known to give your metabolism a boost as well, and green tea contains a significant amount making it a strong adversary to coffee in the morning. “To burn fat, your body must first break it down in the fat cell and move it into your bloodstream. Animal studies suggest that the active compounds in green tea can aid this process by boosting the effects of some fat-burning hormones, such as norepinephrine (noradrenaline),” says Healthline. “The main antioxidant in tea, EGCG, can help inhibit an enzyme that breaks down the hormone norepinephrine. When this enzyme is inhibited, the amount of norepinephrine increases, promoting fat breakdown.”
Increasing your metabolism is one of the best ways to ensure effective weight lossn as a higher metabolism allows for your body to burn through calories faster, utilizing them as energy to fuel you throughout the day. The higher and more effective your metabolism is, the more calories you will be able to burn though during a day, making a deficit easier to maintain.
Although a well balanced diet and exercise routine are the best ways to ensure healthy weight loss, incorporating food and drinks into your day which may increase your metabolism may be worthwhile to help expedite the process. Green tea is a great drink to give you a caffeine boost, provide your body with valuable antioxidants, and kick your system into a fat burning high so that you can easily maintain a calorie deficit for weight loss. Next time you need a pick me up, brew yourself a cup of green tea!
