HCG and Green Tea – A Winning Combination
HCG dieters have an abundance of healthy and delicious foods to choose from while losing weight, but when it comes to beverages – the list is very small.
Enter the winning combination of HCG and green tea – your secret to the fastest weight loss.
The only beverages allowed on the HCG Diet are:
- Water
- Tea – all types
- Coffee – only one tablespoon of skim milk per day
- Mineral water
You can also use the juice of one lemon throughout the day to flavor your water or tea.
What makes the HCG diet and green tea so beneficial for speeding up your weight loss?
Green tea has bioactive substances that come from the tea leaves that provide superior benefits for your whole body.
Green tea leaves are not heavily processed – they are merely steamed, providing you with a healthy dose of catechins.
Green tea is full of antioxidants that are not only beneficial for your health, but they can also increase the rate at which your body burns fat.
What Are the Beneficial Substances in Green Tea that Help the HCG Diet?
Green tea contains antioxidants called catechins.
Although there are multiple catechins in green tea, the one to know about is epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) because of its ability to boost your metabolism.
EGCG supplements have shown incredible results for weight loss; however, because supplements are not allowed on the HCG Diet, we highly recommend getting your catechins from green tea.
The reason for combining HCG and green tea is that these catechins not only increase your metabolism, they also work to suppress your appetite.
The more green tea you drink, the quicker the pounds will melt away.
Will Green Tea Bring Health Benefits While on the HCG Diet?
Part of the reason most people want to lose weight is to improve their health.
They might want to lower their LDL cholesterol and triglyceride levels, reduce the risk of severity of diabetes, or prevent a heart attack.
Here is what you can expect from your HCG diet and green tea intake:
- EGCG inhibits the breakdown of norepinephrine, a hormone that the nervous system uses to signal the fat cells to break down fat. More norepinephrine means more fat break down.
- As fat breaks down, it enters the bloodstream to become energy for the body’s vast network of cells, including muscle cells.
- Green tea may reduce fat absorption from food.
- Green tea reduces LDL cholesterol and balances good cholesterol, which will also benefit from consuming only the healthy food items on the HCG Diet.
- Green tea reduces cancer risks.
- Green tea has benefits for repairing and strengthening the immune system.
How Does Green Tea Support Rapid Weight Loss on the HCG Diet?
The first step for anyone on the HCG Diet is cutting calories.
Normally, the body would enter starvation mode when consuming only 500 to 700 calories a day. Taking HCG shots prevents that occurrence by sending signals to the brain that the body is not hungry.
The brain then tells the body it can use stored fat for additional fuel.
The green tea helps to break down those fat cells and pull out the fat for the body to use.
The benefits of using HCG and green tea together means the fat will exit the cells quicker, ready for rapid metabolizing and burning for fuel.
Green tea also helps to flush water out of your body, so you do not feel bloated.
How Will Green Tea Affect Me At Night While on the HCG Diet?
Green tea actually keeps stimulating the fat metabolizing process while you are asleep.
Because you will burn calories at a higher rate, even at rest, your body will continue to metabolize your fat while you sleep.
Some people worry about the effects of caffeine at night. Green tea contains much less caffeine than coffee, but decaffeinated green tea is another option. Just avoid teas blended with other ingredients as they can contain artificial flavors or substances not allowed on the HCG Diet.
Find out more about green tea and the HCG Diet by contacting Weight Loss Medical Center for a free consultation.