Green Tea & Resistance Exercise
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Green Tea and Resistance Exercise
So much has been studied and so much misinformation is out
on green tea itself. Scientists do definitively know a few things for example:
A person that is most likely to include tea drinking into their daily regime is
most aptly already living a healthy lifestyle.
Therefore, this inclusion is
better for their health than possibly those who do not include tea as part of
their daily drink choice.
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Scientists continue to test and try to clarify the questions
that the tea drinking and the exercise/diet community have. Until as late as last year, debate still
remains around the idea that tea (preferably green tea) “spikes” the metabolism
and that will cause weight loss. As
reported through the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition that tea is helpful
in health and they go on to include that researchers from the United States
Dept. of AG, National Institute of Health, UCLA and University of Glasgow have found that the polyphenols along with
caffeine content increased the energy expenditure and fat oxidation in the human body when one consumed green tea.
And that combination together is what caused the result of weight loss.
Fats
For some time now it has been known that the “brown fat” (this
is a human body fat component that its function actually generates the heat in
the human body) of our bodies is affected by green tea. Also, second to that
green tea has shown it sends glucose (the sugar from foods that gets absorbed)
messages to the muscles to be used as energy. Green tea is not an invasive
product and while it does contain caffeine; it is in low amounts. This means
that green tea does not change any normal metabolic pathways of the human body
in any way. That’s a lot of chemistry! And for some this technical jargon does
not resonate.
So, enter a study that is less about chemistry and more about
the exercises of chemistry. The American Botanical Council did a report on a
study that shows the effects of green tea with resistance training.
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The Chemistry
This public study followed women ages 20-40 with a BMI over
25. The subjects were tested over a period of 8 solid weeks. Prior to the testing
(1 week) the women consumed only 1200 calories each day. The testing divided
the ladies into groups. 1st group was given green tea, the 2nd group
a placebo, the 3rd was given the green tea with resistance training
in a gym and the 4th was given resistance training and a placebo. Three (3) times per week groups, 3 & 4 did resistance training. They did only 3
sets of 10 reps with 1 minute in between the sets.
The other subjects drank
their green tea about 20 grams and the placebo group received approx. 20 ML of
water each day. The findings were that group 1 had the largest reduction in BMI
and lost an average of 12 pounds. Group 3 didn’t lose bodyweight but decreased body fat mass and waist circumference. Groups 2 & 4 had no change in BMI
or body weight or composition. The conclusion of the tea was that green tea
promoted changes in the actual human body composition, weight loss, and maintenance
of lean body mass, loss of body fat, decreased waist circumference, and lowered
body fat.
So it appears that putting resistance training into your gym
routine along with green tea may make all the difference in the success of a
person’s weight loss goals.
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*A few words about what the American Botanical Council is;
since 1988 and based in Austin TX they are an independent nonprofit research
education organization. Their claim is they are dedicated to providing accurate
and reliable information to consumers, healthcare practitioners, researchers,
educators, industry, and the media. They claim to educate consumers to make
responsible choices about herbs as an acceptable part of medicinal healthcare.
| *Last Words* *The green tea mentioned above is real brewed tea This article is not including supplements and this article originally appeared on Bellaonline.com/tea where I also am an editor and writer. |
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