Green Tea boosts metabolism, reduces appetite

03/05/05 Green Tea is becoming ever more popular in weight loss products. Besides boosting metabolism, and reducing appetite, green tea has been found to support healthy blood sugar levels. This benefit of green tea decreases the excessive output of the blood sugar regulating hormone insulin, which minimizes fat storage and increases weight loss.

Green Tea is now being utilized in one of the hottest dietary supplements on the market called WARP 9 by DynaPure Nutrition (www.dynapurenutrition.com). WARP 9 weight loss products contain standardized potencies of Green Tea polyphenols that support healthy blood sugar along with the minerals, chromium, zinc, and copper. The most favorable benefit of green tea diet polyphenols (EGCG) is that along with many anti fat nutrients in WARP 9, they support healthy blood sugar and reduce fat storage even greater.

Formulator Pete Maletto from DynaPure Nutrition explained that "If you prevent insulin-glycogen "spill over", you decrease your chances of gaining weight. This makes the presence of the many nutrients in WARP 9 even more important to anyone trying to lose weight, because part of a successful weight loss plan is to prevent over stimulation of insulin production."

In fact, the authors of a 2002 green tea study researched the antidiabetic effects of green tea on human beings. When humans in clinical trials ingested green tea polyphenols before ingesting 50g of starch, glucose production was suppressed, apparently because the polyphenols inhibited the enzyme action of digestive enzyme alpha amylase.

It has also been found that the uptake of glucose by the intestine for transfer to the bloodstream is markedly suppressed by green tea diet polyphenols (which may help to explain green tea’s weight loss effect). This suppression of glucose is strongest utilizing EGCG compounds found in green tea that are the active in enhancing insulin activity.