What Are the Real Facts behind the Oprah Green Tea Diet
Green tea skyrocketed in popularity after Oprah Winfrey had Dr. Nicholas Perricone (of The Perricone Prescription) on her show discussing the benefits of replacing coffee with green tea. He said you could lose 10 pounds in 6 weeks just by switching to green tea!
Here’s the science behind why coffee is bad for you, according to Dr. Perricone:
Coffee (and it’s not the caffeine) can result in elevated levels of cortisol and insulin, leading to weight gain. Remember, elevated insulin puts a lock on body fat. If you substitute green tea for coffee, and do nothing else, your insulin levels will drop and consequently body fat will fall rapidly.
His exact words on the Oprah show were:
“Coffee has organic acids that raise your blood sugar, raise insulin. Insulin puts a lock on body fat. When you switch over to green tea, you get your caffeine, you’re all set, but you will drop your insulin levels and body fat will fall very rapidly. So 10 pounds in six weeks, I will guarantee it.”
Dr Perricone is a highly respected author of numerous health and diet books and has also written a specific green tea diet book about the numerous benefits and health benefits of the Oprah Green Tea Extract Diet.
The Green Tea Diet Book was called “The Perricone Prescription”. A large group of folks declare that it was his very emergence on the Oprah Winfrey Show that actually produced the now famous Oprah Green Tea Diet.
It became so famous and created such a craze due to one specific conversation between Oprah and her Green Tea Diet supporter. In that exchange Dr Perricone was questioned about a speech in his book that alleged that if you replace coffee with Green Tea you can lose up to ten lbs in just 6 short weeks.
Dr Perricone replied with his Green Tea Diet philosophy as follows:
“When you switch over to green tea, you get your caffeine, you’re all set, but you will drop your insulin levels and body fat will fall very rapidly. So you can lose 10 pounds in 6 weeks, I will guarantee it.”
No wonder hollywood celebs like Courtney Cox, Oprah Winfrey, Matt Lauer, Usher and even Paris Hilton avidly follow Dr. Nicholas Perricone expert recommendations.
