Over the past few months I've had many people visiting Everything Oprah searching for information on "Oprah's Green Tea Diet." I don't think that Oprah Winfrey was ever on an actual green tea diet but she has spoken a lot about her love of green tea.
There may not be an actual Oprah Green Tea Diet that you can follow but you can find out why Oprah Winfrey includes green tea in her diet.
Oprah's favorite doctor, Dr.Oz, has made many fantastic health and weight loss recommendations to Oprah and her viewers over the years and one of them is to add Green Tea to your daily diet.
There are many benefits to drinking green tea and Oprah herself is a fan of the drink, her show featuring anti-aging specialist Dr. Nicholas Perricone sparked huge interest in the weight loss benefits of green tea.
During the show Oprah Winfrey Show viewers were told they could lose 10 pound in 6 weeks by drinking Green Tea
instead of coffee.
Japanese researchers have claimed that an individual could burn around 70 to 80 extra calories per day by drinking a daily 5 cups of green tea.
Whether or not these calorie burning/weight loss claims are entirely true there are many good reasons to include green tea in your daily diet.
Green tea consumption has been dated as far back as 4000 years ago. China, Japan, Thailand, and India has successfully used green tea for medical purposes for centuries.
Over the years people have used green tea to help heal wounds, promote digestion, and regulate body temperature,
In modern times it is believed that the flavonoids found in green tea are beneficial antioxidants that help to prevent the spread of free radicals, reducing the risk of cancer.
Green tea may also help reduce the risk of heart disease by reducing bad cholesterol and increasing the production of good cholesterol. Scientific studies have even been focusing in on whether or not drinking green tea can help those suffering from neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's Disease and Alzheimer's.
You'll find both "green tea" and "white tea" on Dr. Oz's Anti-Aging Checklist. White tea has much of the same benefits of green tea because it's from the same plant but green and white teas are produced differently.
Dr. Oz recommends four cups of green or white tea daily for maximum health benefits. You may have heard of the "green tea diet
" which has worked for many people. Dr. Oz doesn't claim that green tea alone will help an individual to lose weight, but he certainly believes that there are many great benefits that green tea (or white tea) drinkers experience.