Green Tea Good effects vs. Bad effects - Diet & Nutrition Message Board

lins6108 · 10-08-2003, 08:43 AM

I am a coffee drinker and would like to switch to drinking green tree. Can you please give me some input.

my5girls2427 · 10-14-2003, 10:18 AM

I am new to the board but I am a very health con. mom. I can't tell you enough good things about Green tea, alot of people take it for weight loss. I never saw any weightloss. But it has cancer fighting antioxidence in it and is supper good for you. I love the take. I get Lipton Green Tea or you can get Celetrial Seasons Defac green tea ( I don't care for the decaf a much) I use a two cup pyrex measuring cup of hot water in the mico for 5 minutes I then stick 6 green tea bags in the water and let it steep for 20 minutes I use only filtered or purified water. I fill up a 1 gallon bottom spicket tea cantainer full of water (minus 2 cups worth) and then pour the tea in the cantainer. I mix in 1 TBS of Stevia (natural sweetener you buy at the health food store, make sure it has no alcohol) and the juice of one lemon. Its AWSOME and super good for you. The Stevia and the green tea are good for your teeth and gums too. Good Luck

Magpiezoe · 10-14-2003, 11:33 AM

Hello, I haven't seen any bad effect from, but I guess it would be just like any other tea. Too much is supposed to be hard on the kidneys and some teas still contain caffene; however, too much of anything can be bad. My husband drinks loose green tea, that we get from the Chinese grocery store. We both prefer the Japanese long leaf green tea, because it has a really nice flavor. Some green teas can be quite bitter. It's supposed to be good for hypertension and high cholesterol. As for weight loss...haven't seen it do that. Tea is a diuretic according to my herbal book.

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deer03 · 10-16-2003, 06:28 PM

Green tea boosts your metabolism.......that is a known fact.

MrAlan · 10-17-2003, 07:57 PM

I take 2 green tea extract pills a day.