Green tea with milk is a rather strange combination, which at first can cause disgust, and not the desire to try it. But as numerous reviews show, this unusual tool can contribute to losing weight. Is it so?
Is such a combination possible?
Green tea and milk ... Those who first hear of milkweed may be perplexed by the strange combination. But those who have been burning for more than a year with a desire to lose weight are actively working on this, they know how green tea with milk is useful.
It is for weight loss that they use such a drink. It affects the acceleration of metabolism. Of course, milk milk helps perfectly, if the correct diet is followed, everything harmful is excluded.
The taste of the drink, of course, is for an amateur, but is quite suitable for consumption. Green tea is slightly bitter, while not suppressing the taste of milk. Since it is recommended to use milk milk several times a day (4-5), then over time, as consumer reviews say, you get used to its peculiar taste.
The benefits of green tea with milk
It is unlikely that anyone would use green milk milk if it were not for its beneficial properties. And there are a lot of them.
- Low calorie content - 80 kcal per 100 ml of drink.
- The drink improves metabolism.
- Stabilizes the gastrointestinal tract.
- Invigorates, tones and relieves headaches.
- Soothes and normalizes the nervous system.
- It has a beneficial effect on tooth enamel, reduces the risk of tooth decay.
- It enriches the body with calcium.
- A good diuretic that normalizes kidney function.
- Improves the functioning of the heart system.
- A weak concentration of such a drink will not harm even children.
- Doctors recommend consuming such tea in small quantities for women during menopause, as a means of preventing osteoporosis.
The benefits of green tea have been confirmed repeatedly. But there are also flaws. Moreover, this question haunts many scientists who determine what effect tea has on the body to a greater extent (good or bad).
Harm from drink
The benefits and harms of green tea always "go side by side", so the effect of milkweed will not always be predicted. What harm does the drink have?
- Green tea with milk is difficult to digest due to the fact that milk protein interacts with theaflavin. Therefore, if the digestive system is "selective" to the types of products, then this drink should be discarded.
- Milk inhibits the ability of green tea to act as a vasodilator.
- The drink may not show its benefit at all, since milk and green tea can suppress the beneficial properties of each other.
- Individual intolerance to the components also occurs.
In addition, those who have tasted the drink note that milk inhibits the taste of green tea itself. In addition, the milk component makes the tea drink less invigorating and tonic. At least the reviews speak precisely about the absence of an invigorating effect after drinking green tea with milk. Some noted that for the first time it takes a long time to select the necessary proportions of the components, because if you add excessive or, conversely, insufficient amounts of milk, the taste becomes unpleasant.
Beverage Recipes
If a combination of milk and tea is chosen as a means for losing weight, then the drink must be able to brew properly so that it is suitable for consumption. Reviews of green tea with milk are advised to experiment with recipes. It is also interesting to try different methods.
The easiest way is to add milk to the already brewed green tea. Milk should be used with low or zero fat content, be sure to pasteurized.
Green tea can be leaf, in bags, powdered, any other. If desired, spices are added to the drink, but not sugar. You can replace it with honey or low-calorie substitutes.
As for lemon - the main tea supplement, it is better not to add it to green tea with milk. Lemon and milk in one cup - the components are completely incompatible. Yes, and it will become impossible to drink such a drink.
Milk and Ginger Drink
The benefits of ginger as a means for losing weight have been known for a long time. It is used as an additive, and also brewed, insisted and consumed as a standalone drink. It is also added to green tea with milk to enhance the effect of fat burning.
To brew tea you will need:
- 30 grams of green tea;
- 30 ml pasteurized milk;
- 10 grams of chopped ginger;
- 500 ml of boiling water.
Brew tea as follows:
- Green tea is poured into the teapot and poured with the indicated amount of boiling water. Leave the liquid until completely cooled.
- Milk is poured into a saucepan, ginger is added and this mixture is boiled, after 5 minutes of boiling it is left to simmer for 10 minutes.
- Tea is combined with milk, filtered and drunk 5 times a day.
Such a drink can be consumed hot as well as chilled. Ginger will add a spicy taste, help in the fight against overweight, strengthen immunity.
Add honey
Green tea with milk and honey is a useful remedy not only for weight loss, but also for strengthening the immune system. How to make a drink? For proper preparation, you will need green tea and milk in the usual proportions, as well as a tablespoon of honey, preferably linden.
All components are combined together and brewed with boiling water, and after a bit they cool and drink. Tea is good in both winter and summer. Moreover, in the hot period, this milk milk normalizes heat transfer.
The recipe for green tea with milk will appeal to many. It is better to prepare such a drink in the morning, since taking care of it in the evening will only save your time, but not save the beneficial properties of tea.
However, preparing a drink is not worth it in large quantities, since it is not drunk 5 times a day, but only 2. This is due to the fact that honey is a source of a considerable amount of carbohydrates, therefore, it will not work to lose weight from its frequent use. The calorie content of the drink will increase slightly, but from a two-time intake of a “blow” to the figure will not occur.
For losing weight
Green tea with milk can be the basis for a fasting day, and for the whole diet.
In the first case, they choose 2 days a month (not in a row) and drink all this day only this drink, without consuming any food. This method is not gentle, with its frequent use it is possible to cause damage to the stomach, which is why it is carried out no more than 2 times per month. Tea is alternated with drinking water. If desired, honey is added to the drink. This is the case when tormented by a feeling of hunger.
On such a drink, some spend entire dietary cycles lasting 6 days. During this time, according to reviews, it is possible to throw from 3 to 5 kg, while swelling is reduced, since excess fluid is removed. The essence of the diet is as follows: green tea with milk is consumed 5 times a day, alternating with water or with small portions of unsweetened fruits. No sugar should be added.
The diet is endowed with both advantages and disadvantages. The benefits include:
- elimination of toxins from the body;
- saturation of the body with nutrients;
- dropping extra pounds.
The disadvantages are:
- calcium is not absorbed;
- load on the work of the heart.
That is why it is recommended to follow a diet 2 times a year, preferably after a festive feast.
Contraindications
Green tea with milk, as it turns out, is not such a safe remedy. In this regard, a number of contraindications are noted:
- Do not drink tea hypotensive;
- violation of the kidneys is also a prerequisite for refusing a drink;
- pregnancy and lactation;
- the presence of chronic diseases in advanced form;
- ulcer and gastritis;
- insomnia.
The benefits and harms of green tea with milk "go side by side", so if there is at least one of the contraindications, you should abandon the drink.
Reviews
Diet and fasting days on green tea with milk are very popular among women and girls, especially in the spring. As representatives of the fair sex, this particular option of losing weight has an effective effect. Tea well relieves extra pounds, relieves puffiness, and some even note an improvement in skin condition. The latter is very possible, since the drink is a good cleanser from harmful substances.
Who came up with drinking green tea with milk?
An unusual combination of two drinks, unknowingly, can make you think that the people of Asia were its creators. Their tea traditions, with a scrupulous attitude to the drink and the components added to it, are not devoid of peculiar combinations.
However, avid tea lovers - the British - came up with green tea with milk. And the matter was not only in the unusual taste or desire to lose weight, but in preserving the integrity of porcelain cups.
Porcelain products created in the XVI-XVIII centuries were distinguished by extraordinary fragility, sophistication and grace. Therefore, they were cherished without refusing to use them. Hot drinks hurt the cups and made them crack. That is why lean Englishmen came up with milk in a cup of hot tea (black or green). In quantity, it did not exceed 1/4 of the volume of the cup. Such proportions provided not only the safety of the product, but also gave the drink an unusual taste.
Many researchers have come to the conclusion that it is precisely these proportions of tea and milk (3/4 of tea and 1/4 of milk) that preserve all the beneficial properties.