Green Tea in Today's Popular Diets

Eating and dieting these days do not usually involve your favorite beverages like green tea and coffee. But this is not always necessarily the case. With some bit of planning and a lot of discipline, your diet plan and weight regime can include your morning cups of coffee or green tea.

South Beach Diet Plan

This diet, developed by Dr. Agatston, is not low-carb, or low-fat diet. According to its originator, the South Beach Diet plan “teaches you to rely on the right carbs and the right fats.”

This diet consists of three phases – Banishing your Cravings, Reintroducing Carbs, and A Diet for Life.

Using an artificial sweetener in your green tea during all three phases is one of losing weight without having to give up caffeine. Using decaf coffee is also a good idea, since your objective is maintaining insulin levels. If you’re already a green tea drinker, then you're good to go, because green tea contains only a small amount of caffeine.

The Zone Diet Plan

The Zone Diet plan was developed by Dr. Barry Sears, a former biotechnology researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

His diet is based on the maintenance and consistency of insulin levels. Because the foundation of Dr. Sears diet is insulin control, drinking decaffeinated coffee and green tea is fine as long as you don't add excess sugar, honey, or other natural sweeteners which can cause spikes in your insulin level.

The eating program of the Zone Diet plan requires you to use artificial sweetener and low-fat milk in your coffee or green tea.

Atkins Diet Plan

This is another low-carb diet plan that works best with caffeine-free coffee and green tea. For best results, artificial sweeteners in your green tea and coffee are advised to keep your carbs down.

Blood Type Diet

The Blood Type Diet plan revolves around the foods you eat being based on your blood type. The eating program of the Blood Type Diet plan is more restricted compared to the South Beach Diet plan, the Zone Diet plan, and even the Atkins Diet.

For example, for people with blood types A and AB, coffee is highly advised. But for those of us with the O positive or negative blood type we should avoid coffee. Now, green tea is acceptable for any blood types. However, adding natural sweeteners like sugar, honey, stevia, or maple syrup in green tea is off limites for this diet plan.

Sugar Busters Diet Plan

The name of the diet is self explanatory. People on this diet plan are to avoid using any natural sugars. Coffee and green teas are perfectly fine, just only use artificial sweeteners.

Paleolithic Diet Plan

Also known as the Stone Age Diet, this diet plan is based on eating the simple, unprocessed foods our "Neanderthal" ancestors would have consumed.

Teh good news is, this diet is ideal for green tea drinkers. Green tea is simple and it comes from the dried leaves from the Camellia sinensis plant.

If you’re a coffee drinker, you need to learn to enjoy green tea because coffee isn't allowed with this diet plan. Sugars in your green tea should be avoided, especially any type of refined sugar.