Green Tea Question

[2002civic]

I know green tea is uspposed to be amazing in many aspects for your body but what about the iced green tea that you can buy? does it have the same benifits? or is it just flavored? thanks in advance

[Rav4Guy]

its more so the tea leaves. You can get green tea extracts too.

Lipton green tea is NOT the same.

[2002civic]

dang thanks for the reply

[JAYMEZ]

But the Liptons taste pretty damn good LOL. Just go for the real herbal stuff , not the fake stuff. :thumbsup:

[Mckenzie]

They the lipton stuff is loaded with sugar. I am really starting to enjoy Green Tea. Since I have started drinking it around the office my metabolism has been in overdrive.:thumbsup:

[bulaian]

the bottled green tea will still have some antioxidant effects of green tea but it is not very potent compared to like a tea bag green tea...

it's also loaded with sugar, like someone mentioned above

[2002civic]

grrr but it tastes so much better lol guess its time to plus the nose and gulp:barf:

[Weapon_R]

So what brand do you guys recommend that can be found in the regular stores (safeway etc) that has the benefits of green tea.

[2002civic]

^ya i dlike to know also, is it bad to put a lot of sugar and milk in it besides the obvious sugar, like doe sthe sugar cancell any of the goodness? lol:thumbsup:

[Weapon_R]

From what i've read, the sugar does not cancel any of the anti-oxidant factors of green tea but it slows down your ability to lose weight (if those are your intentions)

[bulaian]

when you add sugar and/or cream to your coffee or green tea, it basically cancels out the fat burning process you get from each.

I don't have the articale anymore but I remember reading it a long time ago in either muscular development or muscle and fitness... they did say that adding a small amount of sugar for taste in coffee is ok(like half a teaspoon... artificial sweetener is always a better choice though)

for green tea, i highly recommend the starbucks green tea... it's about $8-9 a box but i think you get about 24 tea bags? I could be wrong though.

Another good choice is umm if you can find a real japanese green tea, it should be in a metal tin, and the leaves will be loose, so it may be a little bit more inconvenient for some but it has a nice strong flavour

[2002civic]

thanks for the help

[rice_eater]

i used to always drink sobey's green tea "energy" drinks when i used to work at safeway and could just jack them rather than pay $2+ per bottle... are those any good?

[Impreza]

Originally posted by rice_eater
i used to always drink sobey's green tea "energy" drinks when i used to work at safeway and could just jack them rather than pay $2+ per bottle... are those any good?

haha. I doubt there is any actual tea content in those! I bet it is mostly artificial flavouring.

[rmk]

green tea helps burn fat?? i've been drinking 5-6 cups each day now and didn't know that.. true?

[civic_stylez]

every month mens health writes more and more articles on the benefits of green tea...there are some good anti oxidants in bottled green tea (lipton) but if your going to drink green tea, go with the real thing..

[LiquidK]

such thing as too much? i used to alwasy drink it at restraunts etc, but i tried it at home the other day and i actually like the taste (i use bagged of course), but ive been drinking 2-3 cups a day 7 days a week, is it bad for me in anyway?

[Mckenzie]

If you guys have any hook ups at earls, try their green tea....its the best I have ever had hands down.

If not, try the stuff from Sobeys or whereever called London Fruit Company I think... very good stuff.