Green Tea Extract
February 19, 2009 by About Supplements
Filed under Diet - Weight Loss Supplement Reviews
Green Tea Extract
What is it?
Green tea has been used in China, India, and other eastern countries–both as a beverage and medicinally¬–for centuries. In the west, black tea is by far the more common tea, but green tea is making great strides as a beverage in the west. Green tea is prepared by steaming the leaves then allowing the leaves to dry, while black tea has an added step in that it is allowed to ferment. Because green tea is not allowed to ferment, green tea contains many compounds that would other wise be lost during the fermentation process. Both forms of tea contain caffeine. In recent years, companies have now been offering green tea extracts, which highly concentrate the active compounds in green tea.
What is it supposed to do?
From a weight loss point of view, green tea extracts may offer some real benefits to the dieter. Green tea and green tea extracts do contain small amount of caffeine. Caffeine is known to increase energy levels, help the body to liberate stored body fat for energy, and other functions well known to most people .
Although caffeine alone has the above properties, recent studies have shown green tea may be superior to simple caffeine for liberating stored body fat as a fuel and may be superior to simple caffeine for energy levels and enhanced metabolic rate. Studies have found that the catachins in green tea inhibit the enzyme that breaks down norepinephrine (catechol O-methyltransferase), while caffeine inhibits the cyclic AMP degrading enzymes (phosphodiesterases); also green tea extract may have a greater effect on thermogenesis. It should also be highly synergistic when combined with other thermogenic compounds.
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Muscletech HydroxyCut Hardcore Review
February 5, 2009 by About Supplements
Filed under Fat Burners, Latest Reviews
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