Amplify Fat Burn with Green Tea and Lemon

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Dieting can be a daunting task, particularly if there are many pounds to be lost. But all the efforts don’t have to be in the form of calorie deprivation and endless hours of sweating at the gym. Food can actually help a person meet his or her weight goals. The only hard part is determining which foods and/or food combinations are ideal. Scientists at Purdue University found that when certain chemicals in green tea combined with lemon juice, which is high in ascorbic acid, the results were promising for those who wanted to drink green tea to burn fat.

Green Tea Health Benefits

Various studies performed by the Japanese and Dutch show that the benefits of green tea are tremendous. In the studies, green tea has been found to reduce coronary heart disease and less clogging of the heart’s blood vessels among participants, male and female. Cardiologist Nieca Goldberg, MD, tells WebMD that green tea’s antioxidants improve the flexibility of blood vessels. In addition to supporting heart health, green tea health benefits include weight loss. Research suggests that the caffeine in green tea boosts metabolism and also can act as a diuretic, causing an increase in urine excretion.

Green Tea and Vitamin C

Can green tea really make you lose weight and can a person burn belly fat with green tea are the questions many ask when they consider sipping on a steaming cup of green tea. While on its own green tea, has wonderful health benefits, including targeting weight issues that may result in diabetes and high cholesterol, researches at Purdue University have found that green tea’s beneficial antioxidants are amplified when combined with ascorbic acid, also known as Vitamin C.

To paint a picture, green tea is full of polyphenol antioxidants known as cachetins, most specifically ECGC (epigallocatechin-3-gallate). When green tea is combined with vitamin C, researchers found that the body absorbs the cachetins three times faster into the blood stream. These cachetins are found to burn belly more fat than without vitamin C, particularly when green tea in taken in conjunction with daily exercise.

How to Use Green Tea to Burn Fat
There is speculation whether green tea is as effective taken in a supplement form, and Marji McCullough, ScD, RD, of the American Cancer Society tells WebMD that focusing on the dietary source rather then a supplement may be better because there could be several compounds in green tea that have to be consumed together. Although there is no definitive answer on this, drinking tea with lemon juice is an easy way to maximize ECGC and maximize fat burn. Have four cups a day with lemon juice, hot or iced, and let the beneficial antioxidants work as a tool for optimal health and weight loss.