Most of you have already read my struggles with weight loss. I have said time and time that I will it one micro-step at a time – so that there will be no setbacks. Right now, I have to be honest and say I feel Im still on step 1. My main struggle – cutting off Coke completely is like a yo-yo. I have drastically cut off to 1-2 cans of Coke a day (Coke Light), with days I dont drink at all, but I have to say I need an alternative besides drinking pure water – I hate drinking water (I can drink liters of it but still hate it). My Mom, ever since she hit 50, has been conscious of her weight. She is now into a no-rice diet, no peanuts, and if ever we go to dinners or parties, she makes sure to drink green tea before going to bed. She suggested that I drink green tea – not the commercial type you see, but the authentic green tea.
Ordinary tea, like those you normally see and drink, actually came from the leaves of the camellia sinensis plant. Now, there are three kinds of tea: the green tea, the oolong tea and the black tea. The difference between the three is the stage of fermentation they went through. The leaves used to make green tea are steamed then baked allowing no fermentation to go through, thus the color green. The oolong and black tea have both undergone stages of fermentation, hence the black or brown colors.
The main advantage of drinking green tea is the amount of antioxidants it has. An antioxidant – as you probably have heard, is know to make you look younger, your skin more radiant or even make you lose weight. This is because the primary function of an antioxidant is to bind radicals found inside our body and take it out – those radicals are those that come from smoking, stress, bad foods. In short, all bad components. So it makes perfect sense that antioxidants really make you look young (and that it has been incorporated in most cosmetics).
No wonder Japanese women have great skin 
. So I have my green tea – while I cannot guarantee I will like the taste, knowing it is good for me, I will drink it, even daily.
Do you drink green tea? What kind?
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by race
27 Jul 2007 at 18:05
hi aggie, it’s good that you’re trying to lessen your intake of Coke (better pa if you cut it na talaga) i’m also into losing weight so sometimes i drink green tea but the commercial type, i drink it only when i feel i’ve eaten fatty foods, for my diet i choose oatmeal and tuna for lunch and unflavored gelatin with milk at night, my breakfast is normal food. Sunday is my diet dayoff. nice tips from you, thanks! take care always!
by Wanda
29 Jul 2007 at 01:19
I was watching a talk show last week and it also mentioned about green tea for diet. The one being interviewed (a model who gave birth and is now even thinner than before) mixes green tea powder (matcha) with yogurt drink and drinks that every morning for breakfast. Kaya heto meron na kaming matcha sa cabinet ngayon. *LOL* Tignan natin kung effective. If not for diet pursposes, at least healthy.