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What makes it such a powerful metabolism booster? The brew contains catechins, a type of antioxidant that triggers the release of fat from fat cells and helps speed the liver's capacity for turning fat into energy.

A cup of green tea cranks your metabolism up from Bach to Beyonce. In a recent 12-week study, participants who combined a daily habit of 4-5 cups of green tea each day with a 25-minute workout lost an average of two more pounds and more belly fat than the non tea-drinking exercisers.

Tea can reset your internal thermometer to increase metabolism and weight loss, in some cases by up to 10 percent, without exercising or dieting or sitting in a sauna dreaming about a Nestea plunge.

Well, that's exactly what will happen if you take that teapot from metaphor to reality. Tea—at least, certain types of tea—can rev up your calorie burn as quickly and easily as turning a stove from low to high.

The water inside may be warm, but it's not boiling off. If you want the pot to whistle—and attract a few whistles yourself—you need to crank up the heat.

Think of your body as teapot on the stove, and think of the water inside as your belly fat. Chances are the pot is sitting there over a low flame, not doing much of anything.

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