Thursday, February 12, 2009

Does Wu Yi Tea Really Work To Promote Weight Loss?

By Diane Keavy

By now, you've almost certainly heard of Wu Yi tea, especially in regards to its ability to help you lose weight. Does Wu Yi tea really work to make you lose those extra pounds? We'll answer that question in this article and look more closely at this ancient tea which has been making inroads as a sort of natural weight loss supplement as of late and look into whether drinking Wu Yi tea for weight loss is something which can really work.

As it happens, it is true that Wu Yi tea really works to promote weight loss. By drinking Wu Yi tea regularly, you can lose weight, as long as you do this in conjunction with a regular exercise routine and eating a healthy diet. However, it needs to be remembered that Wu Yi tea is a not some sort of miracle cure for losing weight. That said, Wu Yi tea can give you the edge you need to get the most of your weight loss efforts and it can help you to keep off the weight once you do lose those extra pounds.

How does Wu Yi tea work to help you lose that extra weight you've been carrying? Before we go into this, let's look at where this tea is from and what makes it different from other teas. All teas are made from the leaves of the same plant (the Camellia Sinensis plant), the processing that the tea goes through after being picked is what makes the real difference. Wu Yi tea takes its name from Mount Wu Yi in southern China, where the tea is grown. The soils in the area are rich in minerals, which may account for some of the weight loss properties of the tea.

It is the way that Wu Yi tea is processed which makes Wu Yi tea work to help people lose weight naturally and safely. All tea leaves contain compounds known as polyphenols. These are the compounds which produce the weight loss effects of the tea (and they also have antioxidant properties as a side benefit).

Like all teas, Wu Yi tea contains a small amount of caffeine, which does increase your metabolism a little bit (which helps you to burn off calories faster) - but Wu Yi tea works much better at increasing metabolic rate than can be accounted for by the caffeine content of the tea. So why does Wu Yi tea work to increase metabolism? That's right: polyphenols.

In one Japanese University study, subjects were given water, green tea or Oolong tea and then measured to see how many calories they had burned off in a few hours time. Compared to those who drank only water, the Oolong tea-drinking subjects had burned 10% more calories! The rate was actually a little bit higher in the first hour or so after drinking the tea - suggesting that before you work out, a cup of Oolong tea (especially Wu Yi tea) might be just the thing.

There have been a number of different clinical studies on How Wu Yi tea works to promote weight loss in universities and institutes all over the US, Asia and Europe; all of them have found that Wu Yi tea really works to help people lose extra weight and keep it off.

So why does Wu Yi tea work better than regular Oolong tea? While all Oolong tea contains a lot of polyphenols, Wu Yi tea is an especially good source for these natural weight loss compounds;;but how do the polyphenols in Wu Yi tea work to produce this weight loss effect?

As it happens, polyphenols signal your body to start producing enzymes which break down energy stored as fat - this process is called lipolysis. Wu Yi tea works because it used your body's own natural fat burning processes to help you lose weight - all without the harmful side effects of the chemically produced diet pills on the market. If youve been in search of a safe, natural way to lose weight or to maintain a healthy weight, Wu Yi tea is an excellent choice. Wu Yi tea really works to help you lose weight " it wont happen overnight, but anything worth having is worth waiting for; and since this tea is so delicious, youll want to drink it every day. - 16004

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