Green Tea Extract Weight Loss - How Fast?

I purchased from a health food store ThermogenicFormula. It has Sunphenon green tea 80% polyphenols and 40% EGCG at 350mg with Suntheanine L Theanine 15mg suggested 1 cap 3 times per day

What would the outcome be for fat loss over a period of one month?

Answer:

Jennifer, this extract looks like it has the potency to achieve some weight loss effects.

The required concentration needed for weight loss is:

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These four studies show that you need to consume somewhere between 300 to 700 milligrams of catechins or EGCG a day to have any weight loss effect.

If you are consuming towards the lower end of the scale (say 300 milligrams), then make sure your formulation contains a significant amount of metabolic stimulants such as caffeine (see the 1999 Dulloo study).

Green Tea Extract Weight Loss - A Dieter's Slimming Guide
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However, there are two issues to consider.

Does the extract supplement contains the EGCG and caffeine it says it contains? Most supplement products tend to overstate.

How fast you would lose fats depend on many factors. In most cases, it tends to happen slowly over time.

This is explains in another article:

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Don't let anyone fool you into thinking that green tea acts fast!

Studies by Dulloo and Rumpler used a state-of-the-art metabolic chamber to measure the energy expenditure of their study subjects over 24 hours. They found that green tea increases metabolism by 2.9% and 4% and fat burning by 12% and 35% respectively.

If you burn 2,000 calories a day, this translates to a savings of up to 80 calories, or 8 pounds a year, not bad for just a few cups of soothing tea! After a few years, each little cup adds up to a gigantic slimming effect.

How quickly you lose weight depends on your diet and lifestyle. No one can guarantee how many pounds you can shed in a week!

Green Tea Thermogenesis - Metabolism Booster
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In most cases, fat loss is far more significant than weight loss.

I hope this helps. Good luck, let me know how it goes.

Julian