Sunday, March 1, 2009

The Amazing Weight Loss Ingredients of Wu Yi Tea

By Thomas J. Slater

If you've tried out a few weight loss diets, you are well aware that it can be tough to lose weight. However, it?s even tougher to keep those excess pounds off once you lose them. You may have been able to reach your target weight through a diet, but unless you have the time for a daily workout routine, maintaining this weight can be a real struggle. What you need to achieve and maintain a healthy weight is a safe, all natural and inexpensive weight loss aid.

What you should be looking for is Wu Yi tea. Wu Yi tea is a type of oolong tea which is grown and processed at Mount Wu Yi, in China?s Fujian province. For centuries, the Chinese have been enjoying Wu Yi tea, prizing it for its health benefits and it?s rich, robust taste, The Chinese are famed for their long life spans and good health ? something which it is believed that drinking oolong teas may contribute to.

Therefore, it wasn't too much of a surprise that numerous clinical studies have shown that this may well be the case. There are ingredients in Wu Yi tea which promote healthy, natural weight loss and also provide many other health benefits. The baby boom generation is aging ? and they are in search of natural ways to stay healthy as they grow older. Wu Yi tea seems to be the answer for them, thanks to its polyphenol and antioxidant content.

The dying and fermenting process undergone by the Wu Yi tea leaves make the tea full of polyphenols, a compound which helps you body to break down fat and burn it as energy.

Studies in Asia, Europe and the US have all shown the many health benefits of Wu Yi tea. There are the polyphenols that help your body to burn fat, of course ? and a Japanese study found that the tea can increase the rate of energy expenditure by 10% in the two hours after drinking the tea, helping you to burn fat even faster!

Another benefit of Wu Yi tea is that it lowers your levels of LDL (bad cholesterol) and raises your HDL (good cholesterol) levels. A study done at London?s King?s College also demonstrated that Wu Yi tea can help prevent some cancers and heart disease as well as strengthening bones and teeth thanks to its calcium content.

While you, like millions of other people, may be initially attracted to Wu Yi tea because of its weight-loss properties, think about all the other health benefits you'll get simply by drinking too cause of this delicious, natural, safe beverage each day! - 15255

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