Avoiding Hungry by Drinking a cup of tea at Lunch

Have breakfast but still hungry? It could be due to less hydrated body or mind too stressful. To avoid excessive hunger at lunch, a cup of brewed black or green tea to soothe the body and reduce hunger.

Keeping the body hydrated is very important to keep the level of hunger under control. In addition to water, green tea contains additional benefit because the content of epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG).

The presence of these substances increase satisfaction by increasing the hormone cholecystokinin (CCK). So that food consumption under control and avoid the desire to eat unhealthy snacks.

"Green tea can reduce hunger so you can make rational decisions about what you will eat," said The Nutrition Twins, Lyssie Lakatos and Tammy Lakatos Shames, author of The Secret to Skinny to Fitbie (24/06/2013).

A cup of green tea contains theanine amino acid that produces a relaxing effect. Compounds in green tea can also increase levels of the hormone dopamine. In addition to fixing suasna, the production of these hormones make the body re-energized.

When the workload is getting heavier, automatic thoughts so stressful and even trigger consumption of foods high in fat and calories. This is caused by increased levels of the hormone cortisol.

Before lunch, time to yourself brewing black tea to reduce stress and help the body back into balance. A study published in Psychopharmacology found that participants who regularly drank black tea had post-stress cortisol levels decreased by 47% and the effect is more relaxed look.