Weight Loss Tea
Just a Splash is Tour de Tea’s economical info-dump where we answer our most frequently asked questions in under 500 words. A true Goliath of a task for our loquacious tendencies. Today’s question has proven unavoidable, despite the recent positivity movement celebrating physical diversity. One of the most common questions asked pertains to weight loss tea.
“What is the best tea for weight loss?”
We don’t love getting this question. Originally we planned to skip it. However, debunking the promises of weight loss tea is something we are willing to indulge.
Detox or Dieting Teas – particularly when marketed as such – are sold with one express purpose: to take advantage of people’s insecurities.
Tea is an enriching and nourishing ritual. It’s disheartening to see it commandeered within extreme wellness movements in the name of restriction and diminishment. Detox teas are developed with profits as an agenda, not health – and certainly not mental or social well being.
Caffeine is understood to be an appetite suppressant and diuretic – inevitably this means high caffeine teas, such as Pu-erh and Matcha are frequently found within this conversation. These properties are associated with knock-on potentials of increasing metabolism and thus associated weight loss. Teas which are leant on for digestion and bloating, like Egyptian Hibiscus, also find themselves in the conversation. But a cup of tea will only ever take you so far. Drinking these teas and thinking about their purported benefits is nicely satisfying, but expecting them to be a cornerstone factor in a dramatic health choice is unrealistic.
Do we recommend tea for losing weight? Not Really.
Our Advice: Find a tea you love, and drink that.
Delicious food is something that can fill us with dopamine and gild our existence with sensorial niceties. If you find a tea you truly love, a cup of your favourite brew might soon become your first choice of treat. It will do this simply because it’s doing what tea has done for centuries: cared for its drinker.
A tea ritual offers a moment of escape and tranquility. A tea with beautiful flavours, a buttery body, and a glistening liquor will ensure it becomes a part of your routine. This is much easier than persevering through a medicinal, herby brew of alleged ancient remedies – the palatability of which will undoubtedly result in a short term habit.
All pure-leaf, high quality teas are incredibly good for you. Without a doubt, tea is one of the healthiest, low calorie indulgences available, but:
Tea’s magic lies in what it can contribute to your world – not what it can help you take away.
