What to eat with a cup of tea

Ted_Hutchinson

There are several studies showing GREEN TEA helps weight loss.

For those who are interested in the research underlying the low-carb approach this lecture (it takes well over an hour) may help you understand why it should work.

This article from the Times may also interest you.

Each time you eat refined carbohydrates they release glucose, insulin is required to deal with the glucose so your insulin level rises, this enables fatty acids to move into your fat cells. Reducing insulin status and keeping it low enables the fatty acids to flow out of the fat cells.

Expending more energy than we consume – exercising more or eating less – does not make us lose weight. It makes us hungry
Dietary fat is not a cause of obesity or heart disease. The problem is the carbohydrates in our diet, and their effect on the hormone insulin
Insulin makes us store calories as fat. Simple carbohydrates – starches and sugars – raise insulin levels and so lead to excessive fat storage
The smaller the amount of fattening carbs you eat, the leaner you’ll be
Obesity is not a disorder of overeating – it’s a disorder of excess fat accumulation. We overeat because we are hormonally driven to grow fat; we don’t grow fat because we overeat

Apart from the cheese or nuts (be careful with these it's easy to eat too many) you may also like to try olives, or gerkins small tomatoes or carrot sticks.

PS Remember also, Because green tea is not usually drunk as strong as ordinary tea and it's best made with water off the boil and not allowed to brew for as long the caffiene content is much lower so the impact detailed here will not be as strong. Caffeine Boosts Blood Sugar Among Patients with Diabetes

Snuggles

edda wrote: »

For people who don't want to put on any more weight, whay goes with a cup of tea that isn't fattening?

The usual accompaniments are all full of fat - biscuits, cake, chocolate etc.
Any sensible suggestions anyone?

Ryvita Muesli Crunch Crispreads. I know it sounds weird, but they are lovely and sweet (made with honey, currants, oats and pumpkin seeds) and since starting Slimming World I have been having one with a cuppa. You don't need anything on them, and they are nice for dunking. About 50 calories each if I remember correctly.

Badger_Lady

I always have a banana with my tea (usually a fruit tea). Yum

juliettet

A slice of toast and a scrape of honey satisfies my sweet tooth.

edda

yenners wrote: »

i find that the cup of tea fills me up, so don't need anything to go with it, mind you, I have very large mugs in my house.

I wonder if your mug is as big as mine? I do need something to go with the tea, as thie drink itself doesn't keep me from wanting something in the snack period.

I love hot cross buns - and have to freeze a pack and then defrost one at a time to ensure I eat no more! Oh - and it has to be real black tea (no fruit, green, white or red).

Thanks for all the ideas.

geekgirl

I like rice cakes and you can get them in sweet or savoury flavours.

belfastgirl23

I second the green tea idea. Or any alternative tea really (I like peppermint or jasmine personally). I find I want something to snack on with regular tea too and it isn't hunger it's just a notion to eat something.

otherwise Lidl do very nice oatcakes that are sort of biscuity and do fill you up more than biscuits.

BlondeHeadOn

Waitrose do some lovely biscuits called "Anna's Ginger Thins" which are only about 12 calories per biscuit but taste as though they are a lot more! They are very thin (hence the name!) but melt inyour mouth and taste sort of continental. I also really like them when they have gone a bit soft as then they taste almost cake-like.

I have 2 or 3 of these with a cup of tea and it satsifies the sugar urge without too many calories.

:j

Nicki

Jaffa cakes are very low in calories (about 40 I think). One finger of a Kitkat is 50. WW do biscuits that are also around 50 cals. Otherwise maybe you could do some home baking but use sweetener rather than sugar to reduce your calorie intake. Fatless sponges with sweetener are probably negligble per slice.

Gingernutmeg

BlondeHeadOn wrote: »

Waitrose do some lovely biscuits called "Anna's Ginger Thins" which are only about 12 calories per biscuit but taste as though they are a lot more! They are very thin (hence the name!) but melt inyour mouth and taste sort of continental. I also really like them when they have gone a bit soft as then they taste almost cake-like.

I have 2 or 3 of these with a cup of tea and it satsifies the sugar urge without too many calories.

:j

You can get these in IKEA too, they often have them in a pretty tin. The Anna's range comes in other flavours, IIRC, there's a Lemon, Choc Mint and and Orange, I think.