The well-known and popular tea blend in China, which has been an important part of everyday life for centuries, has now been available in Europe for more than 20 years.
Oolong tea is a special weight loss product that gives excellent results in a short time.
Chinese doctors have long prescribed it to overweight people. Over the past few years, it has also been discovered by scientists, researchers and academics, who have intensively studied the positive effects of oolong tea.
Oolong tea improves the body's ability to burn fat 12%, even 250% more effective in stimulating metabolism than green tea.
The polyphenols it contains, reduce the absorption of fat and cholesterol by 50%, prevent weight gain, and eating fatty foods, of course, help reduce belly fat, lower LDL cholesterol, the so-called bad cholesterol, protects against high blood pressure, helps with stress, and its pleasant aroma has a relaxing effect. It is recommended to drink 2 cups of tea a day.
Oolong tea is a blend of green tea and black tea.
Its properties are more reminiscent of green tea than black tea. Oolong tea is also known as brown tea, derived from the plant Camellia Sinensis.
Oolong tea leaves are more processed than green and less oxidized than black. This means that oolong tea only undergoes a semi-fermentation process. It is believed that the best oolong tea is from Taiwan, but China, the country from which it originates, also produces some of the best types of oolong tea.
The leaves are picked at a time that guarantees that they are neither too old nor too small, and they are exposed to sunlight immediately after picking, after which they are allowed to dry. When they soften, they are shaken in bamboo baskets until their tops break, after which they are dried in the shade. The process is repeated until the shredded leaves turn red due to fermentation. The central part of the leaf should remain green, indicating that the fermentation level has been reached, so we move on to the annealing process at high temperatures.
Free radicals (derived from air, food, and sunlight) can cause skin aging, wrinkles, dark spots, cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, arthritis, and some other diseases. Oolong tea contains antioxidants that help destroy free radicals before they can harm us. Comparative 2003 Research reveals that oolong tea has more powerful antioxidants than black tea, but less powerful than green tea.
Oolong tea also improves the functions of enzymes, which in turn secrete excess triglycerides. This is an accumulation of fat in the body and can therefore help to lose weight.
This type of tea can speed up metabolism, which speeds up the oxidation of fats and improves their burning. This in turn means that oolong tea has compounds that directly help to lose weight. This can help lower blood pressure and prevent hypertension. There is also evidence that caffeine also increases endurance, which can help with exercise. Caffeine also stimulates the anterior cerebral cortex, which helps improve memory and thought processes.
There are other health benefits that Chinese herbalists have long believed, such as that oolong tea can reduce caries due to the tannic acid in tea. They also believe that oolong tea helps improve kidney function and utilize glucose, which in turn helps regulate insulin. Studies and research have shown that Chinese, who are known to be tea lovers, have significantly lower rates of heart disease and prostate cancer than other ethnic groups.
This tea helps to strengthen the immune system and shortens the duration of the disease. There has been a lot of research on the healing properties of oolong tea, especially on the topic of weight loss. The Chinese, and later the Japanese, have proven that oolong tea is very helpful in losing weight, but its other healing properties are also known. Oolong belongs to the group of weight loss teas.
The powerful antioxidant polyphenols already mentioned prevent triglycerides in our diet from being converted into fat. With caffeine, which stimulates the central nervous system, fat is used to produce energy, which results in higher calorie intake through thermoregulation. Daily doses should not exceed 4 dcl, taken in the morning or early afternoon.
The preparation of oolong tea is identical to the preparation of green tea, so the leaves are immersed in water at a temperature of 80-90 degrees and strain them after soaking for 3-5 minutes.
Oolong tea helps prevent cravings for sweets in two ways:
Drinking oolong tea 15 minutes before a meal also reduces cravings for carbohydrates after a meal due to decreased insulin secretion.
Drinking oolong tea between meals helps reduce cravings for snacks, as oolong tea itself is rich and full of flavor. Not only will you slowly wean you off snacks between meals, but oolong tea will speed up your metabolism and burn fat.
For best results, i recommend drinking oolong tea along with a diet that includes a healthy diet, drinking plenty of water and exercising. So your results will also be maximal.
Usefulness of Oolong tea:
Speeds up metabolism (thus helps burn fat and speeds up fat oxidation).
Helps lower blood pressure.
Helps regulate insulin.
Strengthens the immune system of the whole body.
Removes harmful free radicals.
Reduces skin aging - this property can be caused by a rich antioxidant (richer than black, but worse than green tea).
Fight cancer (the ingredients in this tea inhibit the action of malignant cells).
Improves the function of enzymes (due to polyphenolic compounds), thus helping to reduce high cholesterol.
Helps maintain dental health.
Reduces the risk of heart problems.