For most Americans, tea is tea.
Green Tea
Get this: Green tea literally blasts away flab!
It gets better: Research suggests that combining regular green-tea drinking with exercise may maximize the weight loss benefits.
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But until recently, there were no scientific findings to back the claims.
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Better cardiovascular function means it’s possible for you to breeze through that 5K you signed up for.
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Just check that to ditch the dairy.
Valerian Tea
Sleep’s a big deal.
In astudyof women, researchers gave half the test subjects a valerian extract and half a placebo.
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Oolong Tea
Oolong tea’s major weapon against weight gain is its ability to prevent fat absorption.
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And oolong tea fights blood pressure, cutting the risk by as much as a whopping 65 percent!
Since the fruit is native to Northern Europe, it isn’t widely available in the US.
To reap the benefits, enjoy a few cups of bilberry tea.
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What makes rooibos tea particularly good for your belly is a unique and powerful flavonoid called Aspalathin.
The chemicals also help aid fat metabolism.
Plus, Rooibos is naturally sweet, so you won’t need to add sugar.
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It’s also not technically a teait’s an herbal infusion.
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In arecent study, participants were divided into two groups.
Mint Tea
Mint tea wards off the munchies.
Fill a big teacup with soothing peppermint tea and sniff yourself skinny!
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Anotherstudyfound that it improved daytime wakefulness in people who suffered from a lack of sleep.
Goji Tea
Goji tea cranks up calorie burn by 10%.
The effects lasted up to four hours!
Most goji teas are mixed with green tea, further boosting your calorie burn.
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This means you might enjoy that second serving of nutrient-dense veggies without worry.
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Kava Kava
Kava Kava quells worrying thoughts.
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The results suggested a statistically significant improvement in sleep latency, duration and waking mood.
This is why anxiety is a powerful trigger for weight gain.
But sip with cautionat very high levels, kava kava can cause liver toxicity.
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Kava Kava should only be one part of an overall, balanced tea cleanse.
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Pu-erh Tea
This fermented Chinese tea can literally shrink the size of your fat cells!
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Hops Tea
Sip and soothe the central nervous system with this tea.
Hops increase the activity of the neurotransmitter GABA, which helps combat anxiety.
And it all begins in the kitchen.
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Enjoy a cup of hibiscus tea and watch your pooch slowlybut surelydeflate.
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