Can you add sugar to green tea and still lose weight?
Friday, September 3rd, 2010 at
11:54 am
So I’m trying to lose weight [like 15 pounds] and I heard that drinking green tea helps you lose weight faster since it increases your metabolism. Well I don’t like the taste of green tea, so if you add sugar, does it still help you? If not, is there any type of sugar you can add?
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yes!!!
but you will need to use BROWN sugar, it’s sweeter and has less preservatives.
yes you can.but its better without sugar at all
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You’re kind of defeating the purpose of green tea if you add sugar to it. Simple sugars aren’t great for you, but if that is the only sugar you have during the day then you should be fine.
Green tea isn’t the best weight loss supplement… don’t get me wrong it has a lot of health benefits but it’s not exactly the miracle weight loss product. If you want to lose weight with green tea try a product like this:
http://www.betterbodyjournal.com/supplemental-nutrition/power-tea-as-a-weight-loss-supplement
No sugar is better than sugar, but in case you were going to use an artificial sweetener, more studies all the time say that artificial sweeteners make you fat because your body somehow can tell you didn’t actually get the calories that it tasted were coming in.
Keep in mind that just a teaspoon or so of sugar is still FAR less than what they use in sodas and sweetened drinks – usually they pack in every bit of sugar that will dissolve before it settles out.
I found that if you drink enough green tea and don’t over steep it (not too hot and not more than 2-3 minutes) that it takes nice just plain.