While many diets come and go, new ones spring up to take their place each year. Some go by without much notice, while others are fervently adhered to, at least until the next one comes along. Fad diets have their place, and will undoubtedly last longer than most of us will, but once in a while, an interesting one does come along. The Ultimate Tea Diet has one of the more fascinating premises among these diets and we thought it would be interesting to see what it was all about.
Basically, this book asserts that if you drink tea eight times a day, include a lot of different teas in your cooking and exercise regularly, you will lose weight. Nothing really new there, but the interesting part is that three of the components of tea may actually help people lose weight. It should be noted that in order for this diet to work, only caffeineated teas can be used. Caffeine of course speeds up the metabolism and acts as a stimulant, which does indeed help weight loss. Numerous diet pills contain caffeine but the vote is still out on how safe it is.
Eight cups of heavily caffeineated tea may not be a good idea for those that aren’t used to a lot of caffeine, so we highly recommend speaking with your doctor if you do decide to adopt this diet. The second component of tea that can help you lose weight is called l-theanine. This is an amino acid that the authors claim will reduce the harmful side effects of caffeine, such as feeling jittery. The third component is ECGC, which apparently speeds up the weight loss process.
We all know that tea has many different health benefits, such as helping boost the immune system, preventing tooth decay and lowering blood sugar, but can it really help you lose weight? Only if you combine it with the right diet and exercise plan. Drinking tea on its own really won’t do you much good, and although the book contains numerous recipes for tea-based foods, many people may find them a bit hard to swallow. After all, how many of us would really look forward to eating a fruit tea smoothie after a long hard day.
In the books favor, it does help you select the teas that will appeal to your palate, and there is a lot of good advice contained in the book. If you’re looking for a miracle cure that will help you instantly shed weight without having to exercise, this isn’t it. Combined with the right foods and the right exercise plan, you will most likely be successful, but that would be true if you weren’t drinking any tea.
It was an interesting read and if you’ve tried other diets that haven’t worked, this one may be worth looking into, especially if you love tea. If you hate tea however, this will probably be just one big disappointment.
