Glad to know that you're seeing some positive results already. As time goes on, you'll find that you get fewer colds, your blood pressure will lower, and your cholestrol will also lower. And yes, if you make it strong, it does taste kinda like something strained thru a dirty sock...but it does grow on you after you drink it long enough.
I'll keep you posted. I get few colds now. The blood pressure result is already realized as
reported here. We'll see about the cholesterol as that gets checked with my annual physical each year when we go home for Christmas.
The taste never was as bad as "something strained thru a dirty sock." Diane said it well, "The more you drink of it, the better you like it." It's true. Both of us have come to enjoy the drink.
As I understand the diet from Mindy's posts it is: Drink green tea between meals and in between, and drink it as strong as you can stand it. We add, before you eat anything, drink a cup of tea.
That simple discipline has saved us from a number of fast food stops we would have otherwise made. After drinking the tea, the urge to eat is gone. While drinking the tea we also do a little brain work, making it a point to think about healthy bodies, bringing the desired end result to mind.
In other words, we are changing the way we think about food. Food is no longer the immediate solution to hunger. Tea is.
Of course we continue to eat but because the hunger is reduced after drinking tea, we eat less. Eating has become more enjoyable because on the green tea diet (as we understand it), we can eat anything we wish. The desire to eat out has diminished but the enjoyment in doing so when we do has increased since there is nothing to feel guilty about.
"Why, yes, I believe I will have a piece of that French silk pie for desert, and add a scoop of ice cream too, please." It's all legal if we had our tea before entering the restaurant.
Green tea is guilt free!
