Green getting back your figure, after the holidays: green tea and green coffee!

Christmas, like every year, lead us to exaggerate both food and feelings. The good wine, food and the company of good fork relatives puts on strain our diet. We must remember that the weight taken during the winter is the most difficult to lose as our body recognizes it as a form of deposit and defense to face the winter (as basically we are animals). In this period it is better to avoid draining complexes plants useful in spring but to go on something simple, mono-plant and targeted. This is why I thought of green tea and green coffee.

Enjoy your reading and I await your comments! See you soon!

Green coffee:

As you know, green coffee is made by unroasted green seeds with a high content of chlorogenic acid and low in caffeine (1-5%).

Chlorogenic acid (maximum daily dose 225mg) mainly attributes the activities of green coffee as it is

An excellent antioxidant, increasing the immune system and slowing down cellular aging

An excellent antibacterial

An excellence slimming par as it is

1. A hypoglycemic as it reduces liver glycogenolysis and glycogenogenesis, therefore interferes in the transformation of glycogen into glucose in the liver, thus lowering the circulating glucose in blood.

As a consequence, the glycemic pico drops ...

In this way, the consumption of fats for the production of Energy is promoted.

The latter makes it an excellent tonic and increases concentration and learning during the ipo-calorie diet.

It is very effective in lowering the risk of type II diabetes.

Furthermore, according to some studies it seems that it controls the lipid-insulin dependent synthesis.

2. It reduces the absorption of fats as lipid molecules cross intestine without being absorbed so blood pressure is lowered, LDL (bad cholesterol) levels are lowered and HDL levels are slightly increased.

3. It accelerates the metabolism, increasing the speed with which the substances introduced in the diet are metabolized.

Against rheumatoid arthritis, thanks to a regular intake, it reduces chronic inflammation of joints, consequently reducing symptoms.

This is a naturally-slow-released substance thanks to its slow metabolism and its less effective disposal and its longer half-life. But also fewer side effects.

It inhibits the enzyme 5- alpha reductase (mainly the verbascosides, isoverbascosides, CAPE_ caffeic acid penthenil ester). This enzyme breaks the double bond C4 = C5 favoring the transformation of testosterone into dihydrotestosterone which is 4-5 times more powerful than the first. The last one is very important in fetus (formation of male sexual characteristics, a lack thereof leads to hermaphrodism.), Puberty (rough voice, hair, muscle mass etc.). But an excess of it leads to baldness, seborrhea acne, benign prostatic hypertrophy, hirsutism. This enzymatic inhibition makes it an ally against hair loss.

Prepare an infusion by putting a teaspoon of bruised green coffee beans (the more powder grounded better it is because you increase the contact surface) in a cup of water at around 85 ° C and leave to infuse for about 5 minutes. Strain and drink like a normal herbal infusion. A cup is recommended before main meals.

CONTRAINDICATIONS due to the presence of caffeine, its use during pregnancy and breastfeeding is not recommended and in cases where the exciting substances should be avoided only as a precaution!

Green tea

An excellent antioxidant thanks to the polyphenols which are the most powerful free radicals better than vitamin C and E.

Flavonoids and catechins make up almost 20-40% of its specific weight. They have various activities including:

diuretics; useful not only to drain excess fluids but also to treat cellulite and cystitis.

It helps the memory and counteract neurodegenerative diseases.

They support heart function

Anti-degenerative, as it contrasts diseases and toxicity caused by smoking (here I want to emphasise as a passive smoker), smog, radiation and anticancer drugs (epigallocatechins maximum daily dose 150 mg)

Antibacterial not only in the oral cavity due to the presence of tannins but also in mineralization with fluorine.

For lipolytic enzymatic stimulation, they lower LDL and triglyceride levels, lead to weight loss, promote the metabolization of fats located in the adipose tissue and these fats are used in the form of energy (tonic). Here they work in synergy with methylxanthin, caffeine, theobromine, theophylline.

Hypoglycaemic effect therefore reduces the absorption of sugar in the blood with a good functioning of the pancreas.

In synergy with the group of vitamin B, vitamin E and beta-carotene, they fight cell aging due to age, exposure to the sun, skin spots.

In synergy with tannins it is useful in case of diarrhea.

According to some Japanese studies, its daily use would cause oral cancer due to the high presence of tannins and this has a solution thanks to the secular use by the British adding a little milk in tea (if it worked with them !!)

The preparation is a bit particular aimed both towards ritual and medicine. The water should only be heated until it reaches a slight boil, then the teapot is removed from the heat and left for 30-60 seconds before pouring it on the tea leaves (a higher quality than the bags), so that it cools down a bit'. The temperature and the quality of the water used for the infusion greatly influence the organoleptic part of the tea. According to tradition it is necessary to use a teaspoon (3 g) of tea every two liters of water even if in medicine we recommend a teaspoon for 500 ml of water adding a little honey and lemon (bitter taste). The dose is like green coffee.

Happy new year 2020!