green tea?

[nybobcats7]

some one told me adding green tea and caffine to my diet would help me loose weight faster. is this true and how much should i take? thanks for your help

[BBAddict]

That is true because they are stimulants and will boost your metabolism and promote weight loss. However, I have also heard that the tannins in green tea bind to proteins making them harder/impossible for your body to absorb. So, you may need to be careful about getting enough protein or not taking the two at the same time.

In in vivo studies, protein digestibility is greatly reduced when tanniniferous feeds are part of the diet.
Plants high in PAs often have proteins linked tightly to the plant cell wall (neutral-detergent insoluble nitrogen, NDIN) and lignin (acid detergent lignin, ADL) components, and, thus, may show negative digestion coefficients when ingested.
After ingestion, PAs may also form detergent insoluble tannin-protein complexes with proteins they encounter. These two factors may cause the amount of NDIN and ADL excreted in the feces to exceedthe amount ingested.
When dietary content of tannins increases, fecal nitrogen excretion increases due to lower digestibility of nitrogen fractions and formation of tannin-protein complexes.

[Stonecold54]

EVERYONE should be including tea in their diets. The positive it has on the immune system should be all the reason you need.