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The worst ‘health’ drinks
22. Fruit juice
If you want healthy fruit juice, you’re going to have to grab that blender and make some yourself.
Since most fruit juice on the market lacks fiber, the natural sugar found in the fruit doesn’t have any regulators to slow down the rate of sugar entering your blood. Without fiber slowing the sugar’s journey to your liver, some of it can be turned into fat. And we certainly don’t want that.
23. Bottled tea
Green tea is one of my favorite tools for weight loss and if you want a fat busting drink recipe using green tea, don’t forget about the recipe I shared with you before.
According to claims made by Dr. Mercola, a physician and alternative medicine supporter, the primary antioxidant found in green tea, also known as epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), has shown an increase in fat oxidation by as much as 33%.
But get this…since the FDA doesn’t regulate tea, you probably don’t know how much tea you’re actually consuming when you drink bottled tea. Many bottled green tea distributors only use trace amounts of EGCG.
These polyphenol antioxidants are the component that provides the health benefits and as WedMD points out, a study by Dr. Li revealed that bottled teas only contain 3-81 mg of polyphenols compared to 50-150 mg in an ordinary home-brewed cup of black or green tea.
I think it’s best to stick to home-brewed tea, don’t you?
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