5 Types of Teas for Weight Loss

Weight loss teas are an excellent homemade and natural option to complement a balanced diet, not only for those who intend to lose weight, but also for those who intend to lose belly or suffer from fluid retention.

Some options to complement the diet are ginger tea with pineapple, matte tea with lemon or green tea with blackberries, as they help reduce fluid retention, satiate appetite and increase metabolism, thus burning more calories and body fat. See how to go on a weight loss diet .

Another good strategy is to add a pinch of red pepper to tea, since this is a thermogenic food that helps increase metabolism, favoring the decrease in accumulated fat in the body.

1. Ginger Tea With Pineapple 

Ginger tea with pineapple is excellent for weight loss, as it increases the metabolism helping the body to burn more calories, produces a feeling of satiety and helps improve intestinal functioning, since it is rich in fibers.

Ingredients

• 1 half pineapple peel;
• 1 orange peel;
• 1 tablespoon of carqueja;
• 1 tbsp ginger

Preparation Mode

Add the pineapple and orange shell and the tablespoon of ginger to 1 liter of water and boil for 3 minutes. After boiling, turn off the heat and add the spoonful of carqueja. Cover and let stand for 5 minutes, it must be strained before drinking.

It must be taken throughout the day between meals, and to achieve better results it is recommended to make a healthy diet and physical activity regularly.

Contraindications:  Ginger should not be used by pregnant or nursing women, without a doctor's indication.

2. Green Tea with Blackberries 

Green tea with blackberries is good for weight loss, as it helps decrease appetite, increases metabolism by burning more energy and calories, and helps improve fluid retention thanks to its diuretic properties.

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon dried blackberry leaves;
• 1 tablespoon of dried green tea leaves.

Preparation Mode

In a cup of tea place the dried leaves of blackberry and green tea and add 150 ml of boiling water. Cover and let stand for 10 minutes, it must be strained before drinking.

This tea should be drunk before the main meals such as lunch and dinner, for 2 to 3 weeks.

3. Jamaican Tea with Cinnamon 

Hibiscus tea or better known as Jamaican water is good for weight loss, since it helps with fluid retention by deflating the body for its diuretic action, increases metabolism by burning more calories and in addition to this it helps for good digestion by having cinnamon in its composition.

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon dried hibiscus;
• 1 tablespoon horsetail leaves;
• 1 cinnamon stick

Preparation Mode

To a liter of boiling water add the dried leaves of hibiscus and horsetail with the cinnamon stick, let stand for 10 minutes. Strain before drinking.

This tea should be drunk 3 to 4 times a day, half an hour before the main meals.

4. Mate tea with lemon

The tea matte with lemon helps to lose weight, since it increases the feeling of satiety and increases the metabolism favoring to burn more calories. In addition to this the swelling in the body decreases due to its diuretic action.

Ingredients

• 1 or 2 tablespoons of matte tea;
• 1/2 squeezed lemon

Preparation Mode

In a cup of tea place the dried leaves of the matte tea and half a lemon, then add 150 ml of boiling water. Cover and let stand 5 to 10 minutes.

Contraindications:  Mate tea for having caffeine in its composition should not be used by pregnant or lactating women. In addition to this it should not be used by patients with heart disease, peptic ulcers or with gastroesophageal reflux.

5. Fenugreek Tea with Artichoke

Fenugreek tea with artichoke helps in weight loss, as it generates a greater sensation of fullness and relieves constipation thanks to its fiber content. Another benefit is that it increases the metabolism by helping to burn fat and in turn by the diuretic action it exerts helps improve fluid retention.

Ingredients

• 1/2 teaspoon of fenugreek seeds powder;
• 1 teaspoon dried artichoke leaves.

Preparation Mode

In a cup of tea place the fenugreek powder seeds, a pinch of pepper and dried artichoke leaves and then add 150 ml of boiling water. Let stand 10 minutes and then it must be strained.

This tea should be drunk 3 times per day between meals.

Contraindications:  Fenugreek and artichoke tea should not be used by pregnant or breastfeeding women, or by children who have not reached puberty.