About the olong teas they advertise to help one lose weight
By suspenseful
@suspenseful (40192)
Canada
March 3, 2008 7:37am CST
Now I have been drinking green tea, either lemon and ginseng green tea (because I heard that the ginseng helps with your memory and mind) and mint green tea, (because I love mint and I love green tea and this is a perfect combination) but I also have been reading these online ads about this oolong teas, that are more expensive and say they get you to take off pounds quicker. Now I was wondering about because when I drink green tea I am also eating lots of salads and veggies (not much fruit until we can buy them cheaper -the most is one orange and one banana a day, although I put some berries in my yogurt), that the reason the people lose weight on the oolong tea diet is because they are also following a specific diet as well.
So what are your thoughts? Does the oolong tea have an effect (that is the brown tea between green and regular) or is it the diet you follow along with it?
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@sedel1027 (17846)
• Cupertino, California
3 Mar 08
Any tea is going to help you loose weight because of the caffeine. Oolong does have a higher caffeine content (10 mg more per serving than green, which is still less than coffee), but it is my experience that any weigh loss from drinking a lot of tea is usually water weight. I do find that if you take the green tea pills, they do help you burn off food faster (I believe they have a higher caffeine content). I would think that the diet has more to contribute than drinking the tea.
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@suspenseful (40192)
• Canada
3 Mar 08
I suspect this, but I have not tried the oolong tea yet. I do have trouble retaining water, cannot have too much salt, but diet is a major factor.
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@sedel1027 (17846)
• Cupertino, California
3 Mar 08
If you drink iced tea in Chinese restaurants or even make it at home, you may already be drinking Oolong tea. I know the blend I buy for our iced tea has orange, black and Oolong in it.
I saw below that you can't drink black tea. I guess you never drink iced tea when you go out to eat.
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@lordwarwizard (35747)
• Singapore
4 Mar 08
I think you are better off sticking with green tea.
I don't think oolong tea is better than green tea if you are talking about loosing weight.
But then again, green tea doesn't seem much help on its own too.:P
@suspenseful (40192)
• Canada
27 Jun 08
It all depends on who you are and how much you drink it. I have done the low calorie bit, and got extremely hungry. I have done the low carb bit and it worked, but meat is more expensive than cereal, but I am a salad lover, I did long walks but gained the weight back in the winter when it was too cold and I could only stay on the treadmill for so long. But I started to drink three cups of green tea along with my regular diet - and I am not much on fatty foods, I am tend to eat more salads and vegetables and not much on potatoes or rice. I did not notice anything, until I stepped on the scale and am now down to almost 200 lbs.
So it does work, but the tea has to steep for five not four minutes. I found that was the secret. So if you do everything right and do not lose, then adding the tea speeds the metabolism.
@vanities (11395)
• Davao, Philippines
4 Mar 08
i like the taste of oolong tea..i guess you had to follow some low calorie diet or same to that effect if your purpose is to lose weight...and all teas are beneficial to our health that is according to some research studies that had been publish..
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@suspenseful (40192)
• Canada
27 Jun 08
I have not tried it yet. I know that I cannot take too much of the black tea because of the tanin. I do not know what is in tea, but there is something that helps me lose the weight as I am not that much into low calories. I am into low carbs or rather low bad carbs. But I have no idea why it works as I am not much of a scientist.
In fact, I was so bad at science in high school that I got the chemistry table mixed up and could not even remember what symbol stood for what and only got C minus. And I was the type who loved movies about scientists.
@joyceshookery (2057)
• United States
4 Mar 08
I tried a green tea once upon a time and the secret was -- it was a colon cleanser. I think like you said, the main reason for success behind green or oolong tea is the diet you follow.
I don't think it has any special properties. I might be wrong in my belief. I just don't trust the claims made.
@suspenseful (40192)
• Canada
27 Jun 08
I did go on Web Md, and I did research it, going to Health sites like this one. http://www.umm.edu/altmed/articles/green-tea-000255.htm
It gives quite a bit of information. I also heard that steeping it for three minutes or four is not enough and that is what is recommended on the packages. To get the full effect, you have to steep it for five minutes, so it is a wonder that one does not get the benefits from it.
@suspenseful (40192)
• Canada
27 Jun 08
I will have to research the part about olong tea. I know green tea is quite good and does help one lose weight. i know they put green tea extract in those diet pills even though I cannot tolerate one of the ingredients in those pills. I know because I took Slimquick Hoodia with green tea and it did not make me all antsy like the other kinds did. I suspect they use models that gain and lose weight very quickly for the Olong commercials.
@winterose (39887)
• Canada
3 Mar 08
with or without any tea if you follow a diet you will lose weight, now how much tea helps who knows.
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@suspenseful (40192)
• Canada
26 Jun 08
I think it is three cups of tea a day. One cup in the morning will not do it and from what I read on the Health sites, like Web MD. you have to steep it for five minutes, not the three to four minutes they say in the package. It sort of causes fat to be flushed out and when you have a slow metabolism as I did, you need all the help. I do not diet, but I am a great salad lover, and I do a lot of walking and also moving around when I sleep.
@just2crazygirlz (2479)
• United States
3 Mar 08
It's probably the diet. You can't just drink tea and magically lose weight. Unless that is all you are consuming. And that would probably be pretty bad for you.
@suspenseful (40192)
• Canada
26 Jun 08
I am the person who cannot lose weight on just low-cal and a high carbohydrate diet. I can lose on a low carb diet but only so far, but there is something =antitoxins or something that helps one lose weight drinking green or olong tea. Since olong tea is more expensive it could work better. And I drink three cups of green tea a day, mainly in the morning and early afternoon. It also rinses out the fat and even a little at a time adds up, combining that with the one pound a week since I have a slow metabolism anyway, can make me lose two pounds a week, so I guess I do need that tea.
