Anyone on a diet, or who is just looking to get re-educated to lose a few pounds, knows that teas can help you lose weight and also promote numerous health benefits.
Since the time of our grandmothers, herbs were already used with medicinal power and also for some aesthetic purposes. This ancient knowledge, unfortunately, is gradually being lost, since, with the advancement of medicine, many people ended up “putting aside” natural remedies.
If you like to know a little more about the power of herbs and want to enhance your diet with natural items, then see these 10 weight loss teas that we have separated for you!
1 – Ginger Tea
Ginger tea is a great slimming product, as it has thermogenic action, that is, it is able to speed up your metabolism and make you consume more calories just to keep your body working.
You can make it even more potent by adding cinnamon (which is also thermogenic) or other diuretics like pineapple, orange or lemon.
For best results, you should drink tea between meals. It is not suitable for women who are pregnant or breastfeeding.
2 – Green tea
Green tea is well known by those looking to lose weight, as it has thermogenic action, is rich in antioxidants, helps to deflate and still does very good for health.
In addition to all these benefits, green tea is still rich in carotenoids, flavonoids and minerals – which help to detoxify your body.
The ideal is to drink tea throughout the day, but beware, it should be avoided by pregnant women, women who are breastfeeding and people who have high blood pressure.
3 – Hibiscus tea
Hibiscus tea is the new darling of the famous and many nutritionists and this is no accident. The drink has a diuretic, digestive, thermogenic and laxative action.
In addition, some studies have shown that hibiscus tea helps to reduce body fat and prevent it from returning. Isn’t it amazing?
To do this, you need to buy hibiscus in health food stores (it is not the same flower you have in the garden) and go drinking throughout the day.
4 – Blackberry Tea
Blackberry tea or blackberry tea is highly recommended for women over 40, as it helps to lessen the effects of menopause.
However, it is not just that. This drink is rich in calcium (it has 22 times more than milk) and, many studies have shown, that calcium is essential for those who want to lose weight.
In addition to helping you lose a few pounds, blackberry tea also helps with liver function, blood glucose balance, lowering blood pressure, improving kidney function and controlling osteoporosis.
5 – Horsetail tea
Horsetail tea is highly diuretic and will therefore help you reduce fluid retention and lose weight.
Precisely because of its diuretic character, horsetail tea also helps to fight cellulite.
In addition to all this, this drink still has a high content of silica – a mineral that helps to fix calcium, promoting weight loss and helping in the treatment of osteoporosis.
6 – Mate Tea
In addition to being delicious, mate tea can also help boost your diet. As it has few calories, it can be consumed to replace fruit juices, for example.
More recent studies have shown that the leaf that gives rise to tea has a diuretic and astringent action, which helps to eliminate toxins accumulated in our body, in addition to decreasing appetite and speeding up metabolism.
To see the effects, it is recommended to drink about 1 liter of mate tea a day and, at most, 1.5L.
7 – Matcha
Extracted from the same plant as green tea, but in a different way, matcha is even more potent than its brother, as it has more chlorophyll, amino acids and l-theanine – substances that help to dissolve fat and eliminate it faster.
In addition, the flavonoids and caffeine present in the drink speed up metabolism and help you lose weight more quickly.
Unlike the others, matcha is sold in powder form and you can add it to juices, make it as tea or even include it in cakes. The recommended consumption is 15 to 20g per day.
8 – White Tea
White tea has properties as beneficial as green tea, since it is also extracted from the same plant – but in a different way.
It is rich in vitamins B, C and K, in addition to caffeine, potassium, folic acid, manganese and antioxidants, so it helps to reduce swelling, strengthen the immune system, fight free radicals, decrease bad cholesterol, strengthen arteries and veins and lose weight due to its thermogenic action.
9 – Dandelion tea
This tea helps to detoxify the body and eliminate localized fats, in addition to being a potent diuretic (and thus also decreases cellulite).
It should be prepared with dry grass and the ideal is to drink about 5 cups a day to be able to notice its results, preferably without sugar.
If you want to get the bitter taste out of the dandelion, you can add cinnamon, ginger, lemon or mint.
10 – Yellow Tea
Rich in antioxidants, yellow tea is still not widespread in Brazil, but it has numerous properties such as combating free radicals and thermogenic properties that accelerate fat burning.
Other benefits include increased mood and well-being and improved skin.
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