Who has never heard of the slimming virtues of green tea? Of course, drinking 1 litre of green tea per day is not enough to see the kilos melt away like snow in the sun.  But it is nevertheless ideal to drink it when dieting because it has the advantage of containing hardly any calories, and it makes a change from ordinary water! In addition, it is stimulating because it contains tannin which helps you to avoid becoming tired as a result of your reduced calorie intake…

But, when trying to lose weight, the most interesting aspect is its content in epigallocatechin gallate (or EGCG); green tea’s most effective antioxydant.  It helps in activating thermogenesis, which represents an enormous advantage when one wants to lose weight!