Just by drinking green tea you can increase your metabolism and burn fat while reaping the benefits of green tea's antioxidants, which help prevent heart disease, some cancers and a host of other ailments.
- How much do I need to drink?
- Which brands are best?
- How do I brew green tea? (Hint: it's not the same as black tea.)
- How do I know it's safe?
- How does it prevent middle age spread?
- Can I take a green tea supplement instead?
This book answers the above questions and also gives little known weight-loss tips to help you along. In addition, it offers clever ways to recycle the tea leaves when you're done – in the kitchen and garden, for cleaning and for cosmetic and medicinal uses.
"Combines 21st century research
with age-old practices."
Table of Contents
Introduction
1. Green Tea and Weight Loss: The Science
2. From Tea Bush to Tea Cup: Growing and Processing Tea
3. Never Use Boiling Water: The Right Way to Brew
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4. Have You Hugged Your Polyphenols Today?
5. If It's Tuesday, Is Caffeine Okay?
6. Extracts: Can I Just Take A Pill?
7. It Fights Disease Too
8. What's Right For You?
Appendix A: Other Weight Loss Suggestions
Appendix B: Reuse and Recycle
Appendix C: Resources
Appendix D: Glossary of Terms
Index
About the Author
Patricia Rouner, who lives in St. Paul, Minnesota, is co-author of the New Business Values for Success in the Twenty-first Century and has edited a wide range of publications: medical textbooks, children's books and sailing magazines. She used green tea to lose the 30 pounds that had mysteriously appeared over the last 30 years.
