Hey guys....looking for a little advice on tea. I've posted here before that I've had a lot of trouble curbing my snacking in the late afternoons/evenings. So something I've been doing is drinking hot tea with Truvia or Splenda to prevent myself from eating too much at those times. I'm drinking decaffenated herbal fruit teas (like Raspberry tea, Peach tea, etc), so it's not affecting sleeping or anything. I've been having several cups of tea between the hours of 4:00 and 8:00 pm. It is helping a lot!

Can you guys think of any reason this would be bad for me? As far as I can tell, it's 0 calories and 0 fat. The only thing I could think of is that tea can yellow your teeth, but I'm trying to brush really well afterwards.

Thanks everyone!!!

I don't think there's anything wrong with it! I'm actually doing the same thing to break my coffee addiction. Until now I used to drink several cups of coffee in the morning (usually 4-5, sometimes more). Not only is it a lot of caffeine, I can't drink black coffee...so I use fat free creamer...which isn't too bad on calories (and no fat), but it has quite a bit of carbs. So I'm drinking green tea in the mornings...it has a little caffeine, but not nearly as much as coffee. And I drink Raspberry herbal tea at night to get through my late-night food cravings. So far so good!

I don't see any problem with it. I drink a cup or two of hot tea in the morning, have an iced tea with lunch and then maybe herbal teas in the evening. I sweeten them with Splenda. I also drink lots of water.

I often drink an herbal tea in the late afternoon/evening, usually with no sweetner. I also sometimes drink black tea with about 1-2 tsp of skim milk. I don't see any problem though personally I avoid artificial sweetners.

It's good you're trying to replace a bad habit, but I would personally not want to replace it with artificial sweeteners. Studies show that people who consume altered foods (for example sweeteners, low fat or no-fat labeled foods, etc) actually gain weight over time.

Some teas can be good for you. Look into drinnking green teas which provide lots of antioxidants. I've replaced coffee with lemongrass green decaff tea.

i like rishi's roobios teas and mint teas as well. those i buy loose and because of their natural flavors don't go well wih add-ons, i don't have to add extras to them

I drink a gallon of green tea per day and have lost more than 200 pounds doing so I say drink as much as you want to, in fact it helps and I have experimented with it and lose more when I drink green tea vs just straight H2O. The caffeine in green tea is very minimal and a whole gallon has about the same as 1 cup of coffee but it is spread throughout a day instead of all at once like in a cup of coffee so there is no effect from it in my opinion. I have been at this for just over 2 years now and cannot notice any yellowing of my teeth from it either

I have used splenda for more than a year and a half in my green tea and am steadily dropping weight *shrug* more than 200 pounds total so far.

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I've heard that tea is really good. If you do decide to go with green tea, there are lots of benefits from that, but be sure to get the decaf kind (unless it doesn't affect you late in the day). I wonder though if the decaf kind has the same benefits, I have not idea. But in general, there's nothing wrong with tea.

I beg to differ!

I second that!

What about Acai Berry Tea and Blueberry Tea? I bought some of this at the store the other day and have yet to try them.

There are two teas I can drink without adding sweetner which i am trying to avoid but i will use truvia in a pinch - Celestial Seasonings "Candy Cane Lane" or "Gingerbread" sometimes you can only find them at the holidays so I try to stock up. Both are decaf green tea or at least you can get them that way!

Problems with tea? O yeah. I spend waayyy too much money on loose leaf tea every month. That's a big problem.

Yes it is. If it's decaffeinated, it provides the same hydration benefits, assuming you are not steeping herbs designed to dehydrate.


To the OP: I drink a lot of hot water with lemon.