Waterfall Diet FAQ: Green Tea

Posted by Linda Lazarides on July 27, 2009 under Waterfall Diet FAQs | Be the First to Comment

When it first became popular to drink green tea as a health drink, I bought some and tried it out after lunch one day. I never had trouble sleeping, but that night I could not sleep, and tossed and turned until after 4 a.m.

Soon afterwards I checked out the caffeine content and was shocked to discover that green tea often contains more caffeine than black tea. It seems that the younger the leaf, the more caffeine it contains. Young tea leaves can contain up to 5% caffeine, and green tea is frequently made from the youngest leaves. On the other hand, black tea is made from larger, more mature leaves, which tend to have a lower caffeine content.

Green tea is drunk for its flavonoids and for its stimulating effect on energy expenditure (which in fact is largely due to the caffeine content).

The Waterfall Diet is already a flavonoid-rich diet. The long-term effect of stimulants on glands and hormones is not really known, which is one reason why the Waterfall Diet aims to give your body a rest from stimulants. Green tea is not permitted during Phases I and II but you can, if you wish, drink it once you reach Phase III.