5 Easy-to-Make Green Tea Recipes for Weight Loss

Do you want to lose weight naturally? Green tea can help you with that. This tea contains caffeine, a thermogenic agent that allows you to burn fats faster. It also boosts your metabolism and allows you to burn more calories. Moreover, it helps you get rid of the unwanted abdominal fat. So if you’re keen on using green tea for weight loss, here are 5 easy-to-make recipes you can do at home.

Ah, the good ol’ iced green tea. This simple recipe might be old, but it’s still effective when you’re losing weight. It can also lower your stress levels and help you digest your food better.

• 4 cups of hot water
• 5 to 8 bags of green tea
• 2 cups of cold water
• Ice cubes

• Pour the hot water over the tea bags
• Steep for 5 minutes
• After steeping, remove the tea bags from the water
• Pour the 2 cups of cold water
• Let it cool then add the ice cubes
• If you want to sweeten this drink, you can add sugar but not too much.

Mint, a diuretic, speeds up the weight loss process. Through urination, it flushes out the excess amount of water and sodium away from your body. Also, mint produces a cool flavor – and that’s why this recipe is so delicious and refreshing.

• 5 bags of green tea
• Mint leaves (If you don’t have mint leaves you can use mint extract for flavoring)
• Water
• Ice cubes

• Place the tea bags and mint leaves in a saucepan. Pour water in it and then boil.
• Let it steep and after 5 minutes, take away the tea bags.
• Pour your hot tea in a pitcher then let it cool.
• After cooling, add the ice cubes.
• Serve

Fancy a refreshing drink that helps you cut weight and fight illnesses? Then, add honey to your mint iced green tea. Honey is one of the healthiest ingredients in the world. It prevents cancer, ulcer and heart conditions. Also, it cures cough and sore throat too. “But how can it help me lose weight?” you might ask. Well, it burns away your stored fats and gives you more energy when you’re working out.

• 5 bags of green tea
• Mint leaves (If you don’t have mint leaves you can use mint extract for flavoring)
• Water
• 2 tbsp of honey
• Ice cubes

• Put the tea bags, honey and mint leaves in a saucepan. Pour water in it and then boil.
• Let it steep in the boiling water and after 5 minutes, remove the tea bags.
• Pour your hot tea in a pitcher then let it cool.
• After cooling, add the ice cubes.
• Serve

This delicious and refreshing smoothie can really help you keep your body in good shape. Mango, kiwi and green tea can help you lose weight because they are anti-oxidants. They can cleanse harmful fats and toxins away from your body. What's more, they’re good for digestion and they promote good skin health too.

Can’t find kiwis around your area? No problem! You can remove kiwi from the equation because it’s just the icing on the cake. In other words, this smoothie will still taste good even without kiwi.

• 2 ½ cups of frozen diced mangoes
• ¾ cups of vanilla flavored yoghurt (non-fat)
• ¾ cup of honey
• 3 peeled and sliced kiwi fruits
• ½ cup of baby spinach
• 2 tbsp of water
• 2 tbsp of green tea
• 2 cups of ice cubes

• Put the mangoes, water, 2 tbsp of honey and ½ cup of vanilla yoghurt inside a blender.
• Turn the blender on until the mixture is smooth
• Get 4 empty glasses and fill them up with the mixture
• Put the glasses inside the freezer
• Wash the blender then put all the remaining ingredients (2 tbsp of honey, ¼ cup of yoghurt, ice cubes, green tea and spinach) inside it. After that, turn the blender on.
• Once the green tea-kiwi mixture is smooth, spoon it onto the glasses of mango mixture you placed inside the freezer. Do it carefully so you’ll make a clear horizontal line.
• Serve right away

With ginger and lemongrass, this green tea recipe is ideal for weight loss. Ginger is a fat-burning food that can rev up your metabolism. It’s also good for digestion and it can strengthen your immune system. And lemongrass, an anti-oxidant, melts the stored fats inside your body.

• A stalk of lemongrass
• 7 slices of ginger
• 2 cups of water
• 5 to 6 bags of green tea
• Sugar
• Ice cubes

• Wash the lemongrass and cut it into 2 inches
• Get a saucepan then put the ginger, lemongrass and sugar in it.
• Pour the 2 cups of water in the saucepan then boil.
• Once the water is boiled, steep the tea bags for 5 minutes.
• Remove the bags, get a pitcher and pour the tea in it.
• Let it cool, place the ice cubes then serve.

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