Cheatmode PSA
Green tea, consume it post workout if fat loss is your primary goal.
I have been looking for a compounds which could preferablly increase muscle GLUT4 and desensitize fat GLUT4. It seems green tea has that capability.
The caffeine content would also slightly further the state of insulin resistance PWO, which would make the benefit from muscle contractions relative to fat cells more drastic.
The only possible downside to green tea I can see is it's ability to inhibit gastric/pancreatic lipase, sucrase, maltase and SGLT-1 uptake. So basically you will absorb less sucrose, maltose, and fatty acids. The glucose transport might also be impaired a bit by the catechins.
So basically, green tea during a feast is a godsend on multiple levels for fat loss preference and nutrient repartitioning. It might not be the best for those bulking.
Posted May 7, 2011, 7:26 PM UTC
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I'm saying to stack the feast with green tea extract though, plus the caffeine is also beneficial.
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So wait - lift at 4, get home after 5, then have caffeine. Can't do it. Won't sleep. :(
Drats.
Yeah, it's a tough line between sleep and PWO.
I'm not sure if pill form EGCG would work as well, the mechanisms are there but the EGCG compound is rife with 'failure to get absorbed' problems in the liver and gut.
This reminds me - there was a supplement floating around here a few years back that was a combination of green tea extract and white kidney bean extract. They called it "Fat Attack", and you were supposed to take it 15 minutes before eating "a fatty meal", and measure out how much you took based on what you intended to eat and how much fat you wanted to block. You paired it with a thermogenic (branded T-Burn) - and that was supposed to help you cut.
Looks like it's still sold:
http://www.amazon.com/T-Burn-Fat-Attack-Combo/dp/B000RZJQJY