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Green tea is a total game changer for fasting. 

Green tea has effects that coffee does not, simply because it has what are called catechins. Maybe you've heard of EGCG before - epigallocatechin-3-gallate. Now EGCG has powerful antioxidant properties, but also has the ability to upregulate what is called AMPK at the muscular level and down-regulate a AMPK at the brain level. In simple terms, what that means is it helps the body liberate fatty acids and fuel from its storage form into the bloodstream while simultaneously making us feel less hungry. 

Normally, whenever you're liberating some fatty acids out of storage form, you might have a simultaneous increase in your overall hunger response, but if you can combat that with some green tea, and that's what a lot of the research seems to sum up, then you're off to a really good start. So give it a shot. 

Try doing one or two days of fasting with just green tea and try cutting it out after two or 3:00 PM so you don't have it get in the way of your sleep, because remember, sleep is a great way to curb your hunger throughout the rest of your fast, so you don't want to disrupt that just by having your tea too late.

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