The Ulitimate Tea Diet
I wouldn’t feel that the series on new habits in the new year was an accurate representation of the changes that people are trying to make if it didn’t include a diet book. That said, over the last several years I have focused on health over weight loss. Fortunately, when I am making healthy food choices, my weight stays down.
I have been a lifelong tea drinker. Freshly brewed unsweetened iced tea is my beverage of choice. At times I’ve felt like I should cut back on the tea, mostly out of concern for the caffeine, about which there have been several negative reports. So I gladly read The Ultimate Tea Diet , and was happy to see that the author focuses on the benefits of a healthy diet, a lifestyle that includes exercise, and the consumption of tea–lots of tea: hot, iced, loose-leaf or in a bag. The book begins by outlining the benefits of tea. Mark “Dr. Tea” Ukra claims that tea will “help us lose weight, reduce our cravings for sweets, suppress our appetite, increase our insulin’s effectiveness, lower our cholesterol, and stimulate thermogenesis, which helps the body burn fat for energy.” These claims are not backed up with evidence, but most of us are aware of the high level of antioxidants in tea, which are touted by many as a key to good health.
Also, the use of stimulants to lose weight is also a pretty universal claim. Caffeine is a stimulant. However, what I found most interesting was the evidence another key ingredient contained in tea, L-theanine, actually counteracts the harmful effects of the caffeine in tea (which is already much lower than coffee and soda). This information is backed up by
evidence from clinical studies.
The diet itself is a basic lower fat, high fiber, lower carb type diet. The 14-day meal plan is helpful for people who like to be given specific recipes and menus to follow, but they are provided only as a guideline. If you need a pep talk about losing weight and changing other lifestyle choices as a way to take better control of your health, this book provides that for you. Throughout the book are the personal stories of people who were in the test group of the Ultimate Tea Diet.
If you are a tea-drinker, you will enjoy this book. Author Mark Ukra is the owner of the Tea Garden in California, and his family has been in the tea business for years. He explains the simple art of making a good cup of tea, and shares his knowledge of the different types of tea available. The book is also sprinkled with quotes about tea, including my very favorite by C.S. Lewis: “You can’t get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me.”
We have one copy of this book to give away that can ship to the U.S. or Canada. If you’d like to win, please leave a comment on this post after checking out the New Habits in the New Year guidelines at this main post.
Come back on January 9 to see if you have won. Please be sure that the email address that you provide is one that you check regularly, and also check your spam folder when the winners are announced if you see your name.
















481 Comments
I love tea. A tea diet sounds good to me.
I love tea, but I tend to choose soda when I’m rushed because its quick! This book makes me want to stop and brew some tea! What a good habit to start for the new year!
I like tea–and I’d really like to lose weight!!
I need this!
Would love to read more about this! Sounds like I could use this!
Yes this sounds great
I would like this too! thank you!
Count me in!!
I love tea!! I’m drinking some right now
Tea for all!
I would love this! Thanks! xoxo
pls pick me i really need to drop a bunch of weight – maybe this will help me succeed
I would love to win this book.
This is one diet I would probaly like.Please enter
me to win
Great!
I love tea!
I just wish I could get your graphic code to work!
Thank you for this. I am a tea lover. No day is complete without its warm sweetness.
Check out my blog for a really great craft giveaway! I’d love to reciprocate to you in kind.
Pick tea for me!
I drink so much tea… if I can find a way to make it even better, I’m all for it!
OMG, this book looks so awsome. I am really wanting this book from the give-away
This book looks so cool ( I really need this diet):)
Bloggers:
Remember; put down that cup of coffee, pick up my book, brew yourself some tea,a nd start your journey towards losing weight one cup of tea at a time.
dr. tea
http://www.ultimateteadiet.com
I start my day with it
Great comments
Mark “dr. tea” Ukra
I need this book, I am going through memopause, love tea and love good recipes. I am hoping to drop 20 pounds in the next year and need help despartely.
Tea is the only thing i drink besides plain water.
I was recently told by my doctor that I had to lose 50-100 lbs because they needed to do surgery on my breasts. I was told that tea would help me shed the pounds, but I was concerned because I always thought that tea was rather disgusting. So I force down two cups every day, and the weight is starting to drop. However, I would love to find some new ways to drink/use tea in my every day diet…so I would love to get a copy of the book. Please enter me in the draw.
I own a tea room and we have this book available for our customers to browse through while they drink their tea. They love it! I personally learned so much from this book.
There are even great recipes with tea as an ingredient!
My fiance and I just started substituting tea for our coffee several weeks ago. We are are both trying to lose 20-30lb before our May 23 wedding. This book would be great reading!!!!
I’m not a tea drinker. But, I think I am now.
My European family seems to drink more tea than my parents up in Maine do. Am I imagining things? Love the Earth, love the internet, love big achievements, love a strong imagination. That’s a poem. Haha, it doesn’t matter what I write. Love everyone.
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