Reasons Why Chinese Diet Tea May Fail
Throughout the world there are many different types of diet or dietary product which can help you to lose weight. Some of the more common modern-day methods include the lemon diet, body cleansing, or a sensible mixture of calorie control and exercise. But one method of diet that has been around for centuries is the use of diet tea. There are two types of Chinese diet tea namely from the tea plant camellia sinensis and the herbal tea. The teas from the tea plant include black tea, white tea and green tea. The herbal type of tea has some kind of stimulant laxative. Camellia sinensis teas are regarded as safe products. This is green tea and black tea which contain caffeine. It helps to increase the metabolic rate which increases the rate at which your body burns calories. This happens even when your body is at rest. The only disadvantage is that the rate at which you will lose weight is low and it will take a longer time than expected with other diet methods. The herbal teas which contain laxative herbs for example Senna are not advised for weight loss. Some of the major reasons include:
•   Some diet tea products claim that they block the body from absorbing calories which is not true. Laxatives may induce diarrhea but these does not necessarily mean that your body will not absorb calories.
•   These herbal laxatives cause diarrhea as well as vomiting and these consequentially lead to weight loss because your body is losing water. This is not equivalent to losing fat.
•   Severe vomiting and diarrhea may reduce the rate at which your body retains nutrients from the food and this may cause loss of muscles. This is because when your body is deprived then it starts using the available source of energy which is the protein.
•   When your body undergoes loss of muscle then your level of metabolism reduces which leads to no loss of calories and no loss of weight. As your body burns muscles for energy, your metabolic rate reduces.
•   The major concept is that if your body gets used to burning muscles for energy then once you are off the diet tea your metabolism will be so low, you will gain weight at a very high rate.