Green Tea Diet Plans
September 5, 2009 by admin
Filed under Healthy Diet
Dieting usually does not involve your favorite beverages such as coffee and green tea. However, it is not always the case. With a bit of planning and perseverance, you can incorporate your favorite coffee and green tea into your diet plan and weight regime. Different diet plans which involve green tea are listed below.
Atkins Diet Plan
The Atkins Diet plan is a low-carb diet plan which works best with caffeine-free coffee and green tea. For effective results, use sugar-free sweetener in your green tea and coffee to keep your carbs down.
Blood Type Diet Plan
The Blood Type Diet Plan is a weight loss diet program which is based on your blood group type. The diet plan has more constrained compared to other diet plan such as the Atkins Diet plan, South Beach Diet plan and Zone Diet plan. As people with different blood group types are advised to consume different type of food and beverages. For instance, people with blood group A and AB, coffee beverage is highly advisable, while, it is not advisable for those with blood group O. On the other hand, Green Tea is suitable with any blood group. However, adding sweeteners into green tea should be avoided.
More information on South Beach Diet plan and Zone Diet plan are discussed below.
Paleolithic Diet Plan
Also known as Stone Age Diet plan, this plan is based on the consumption of simple, unprocessed foods that our Neanderthal ancestors would have eaten. This diet plan is perfect for green tea drinkers. Green tea is simple and 100% natural steamed dried leaves from the Camellia sinensis plant. However, adding sweeteners such as processed refined sugar should be avoided.
South Beach Diet Plan
An idea formulated by Dr. Arthur Agatston, the South Beach Diet plan is neither a low-carb nor low-fats diet plan, it “teaches you to rely on the right carbs and the right fats.”
The diet plan comprises of three main phases – Removing your Cravings, Reintroducing Carbs and A Diet for Life. Drinking sugar-free coffee and green tea during all the phases is one of the ways to carry on loosing weight without sacrificing your daily drink. For coffee lovers, you should switch to decaf, since it assists in maintaining your insulin levels. For green tea lovers, there is no worry as it contains minimal amount of caffeine content.
Sugar Busters Diet Plan
As the name of the diet plan implied, people who adopted this into their diet plan avoid any sugar form of intake. Thus making sugar-free coffee and green tea perfect choice.
The Zone Diet Plan
The Zone Diet plan was created by Barry Sears, a ex-researcher from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The diet plan is similar to South Beach Diet plan as it is based on the maintenance and consistency of insulin levels. Thus, decaf coffee and green tea is advised as they do not spike up your insulin level. Sugar substitutes should be used if necessary.
