Green Tea is GOOD Medicine

Green Tea is GOOD medicine!

Here’s another Inexpensive, Potent and it Tastes Good! Tip ~ it turns out that drinking tea has significant benefits in arenas where women with PCOS can use support. By tea I mean Camellia sinensis, aka “green tea”. Black tea, as many of you may know, is green tea that has been fermented/oxidized. Both have overlapping benefits for reducing blood levels of cholesterol, triglycerides, insulin and leptin. Both are rich in protective anti-oxidants. Green tea has anti-cancer effects. Black tea has about twice the amount of caffiene that green tea does. Both forms of tea have a positive effect on insulin and leptin levels. Leptin is a hormone that is produced in our fat cells. It works in concert with insulin from our pancreas to effect our appetite.

Along with portion size management, tea drinking helps us lose fat. I highly recommend we all drink at least 8 cups of water daily and make 2-4 of those cups be water infused with green tea. Even rather expensive green tea is pretty cheap, and tea-lovers recommend using warm rather than boiling water to make your green tea beverage. It has a lovely mild flavor that is easy to sip throughout the day.

Black tea is made with boiling water, and people often use milk and sweetener with it. That will knock back some of the benefits, although as a comfort food now and again, it’s marvelous! For me, a little black tea with honey and lemon, or on a REALLY bad day, cream and sugar, is medicine for my soul! But the caffeine effect is pretty powerful, so I stick with green tea for all-day sipping. Here’s a picture of my mid-morning snack- yum!

I have long experience and special expertise in helping high-androgen women learn how to live comfortably in their strong, healthy bodies. If you’d like my personalized recommendations to accelerate your own kindness, compassion & vibrant good health revolution, visit me at www.PCOSConsultations.com, and we can get started!

Walking with you to joy, peace and a fulfilled life,
Nan

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References:

Huang, H-C, Lin J-K Pu-erh tea, green tea, and black tea suppresses hyperlipidemia, hyperleptinemia and fatty acid synthase through activating AMPL in rats fed a high fructose diet, Food & Function, Nov 16, 2011