The Ultimate Tea Diet: Burn Fat and Lose Pounds Fast and ... (ISBN 0061441767)

Amazon.com Review:
Tea has been widely recognized for its amazing health benefits. It can help: * Boost the immune system * Lower blood sugar and cholesterol * Prevent cavities and tooth decay * Slow the aging process * Decrease high blood pressure * Prevent arthritis * Sharpen mental focus and concentration * Reduce the risk of stroke, heart disease, cancer, and more... Now, it's time for tea to be recognized, not only for all of these wonderful health benefits, but also for its ability to help tea drinkers lose weight. The Ultimate Tea Diet harnesses tea's incredible weight-loss potential in a straightforward plan for losing weight in a safe and healthy way. Simply find a tea you love, drink it all day, follow an easy food plan, and see the pounds fall off. Tea's ability to encourage weight loss comes from the synergy of its three main ingredients: caffeine to stimulate, L-theanine to neutralize the harmful side effects of caffeine and act as an appetite suppressant, and EGCG, which causes you to burn fat faster and more efficiently. In other words, tea reduces your appetite and stimulates your metabolism. Don't worry--you won't go hungry on the Ultimate Tea Diet. The food plan includes tasty tea-based meals for breakfast, lunch, and dinner as well as tempting choices for midday snacks and sweet treats. All are made deliciously with tea so not only is your food incredibly flavorful, but you're also getting the health and weight-loss benefits in every single bite you enjoy. Drinking tea--and maintaining a conscientious focus on good health--can easily become a way of life. Slim down to a leaner, more energetic, and healthier you with the Ultimate Tea Diet. Featured Recipe from The Ultimate Tea Diet Rosemary Orange Tea Chicken * 1/4 cup olive oil * 2 oranges * 1 teaspoon ground black pepper * 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt * 2 teaspoons chopped fresh rosemary or 1 teaspoon of dried, plus fresh sprigs for garnish * 1/4 teaspoon finely ground green tea * 1-1/2 pounds skinless, boneless chicken breast halves Mix together the olive oil, juice of 1-1/2 oranges (set aside the other half0, pepper, salt, chopped rosemary, and dry tea. Pour this marinade into a large resealable plastic bag. Add the chicken, seal the bag and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes. Heat a grill pan or barbecue until hot. Remove chicken from the bag, discarding the remaining marinade, and grill until browned on both sides. Thinly slice the remaining orange half and serve with the chicken. Decorate with a sprig of rosemary. Serves 4. Nutrition Per Serving: calories 170, fat 2.5g, protein 28g, carb 8g

Too hard to follow every day:
This book recommends that you drink at least 8 cups of tea per day. If you're making hot tea, this is really inconvenient, especially if you're a busy person. I bought some of his teas and I was disappointed -they weren't as good as I hoped.

Love this diet!:
Within a few days of starting this diet, my appetite was shrinking! The tea really works well as an appetite suppressant. I'd reccommend this to anyone who likes tea and wants to lose weight. It's great that the book includes a meal plan for people who like structure and food suggestions for people who want to be more flexible. You don't absolutely have to eat the foods "Dr. Tea" mentions in the book, you can eat other low calorie dishes from the basic suggestions (you can even eat lean steak, it's on the list of protiens!) provided that you drink enough tea. And it's not too terribly hard to get the amount of tea it specifies: just brew a bunch in the evening, cool it down, and put it in water bottles in the fridge for the next day. Or make a thermos of hot tea before you go to work. Take tea with you wherever you go, and you'll have no problem drinking enough. You're supposed to drink tea when you're hungry between meals instead of snacks. What I've been doing is drinking tea when I'm hungry, then if I'm still hungry after that, I eat something small and heatlhy, like a piece of fruit. That works better for me. "Dr. Tea" even has suggestions for what tea to drink when a craving hits. Granted, many of the teas he suggests are his own blends which he sells at (...), but then again he's the only one who's come up with teas specifically designed to satisfy cravings. All in all, this is the best weight loss plan I've ever tried!

The Ultimate Tea Diet Book:
Great book...learned lots of new and interesting things about tea that I never knew - I highly recommend it!

INFORMATIONAL:
BOOK OFFERS A WEALTH OF INFORMATION. PUT THEORY INTO PRACTICE AND OVERALL HEALTH DRAMATICALLY IMPROVES. FLIPPING COIN, IF YOU'RE FIT, YOU OWE IT TO OTHERS TO SHARE BOOK AS IT'S USER FRIENDLY AND AN ENJOYABLE READ.

Great Book, Intersting Ideas:
Neat book and have enjoyed reading and learning and think much of the information is true and good to follow.