YerbaMate Tea

Buttercup · 06-28-2011, 05:22 PM

Anybody that is doing HCG that also drank YerbaMate Tea? They suggest it in the Intermountain notes. I am debating buying it. I don't think they actually sell it, but my vite store does. It's sweetened with stevia, so it should be okay. It's supposed to help with cravings.

LJB · 06-28-2011, 05:27 PM

I love yerba mate tea unsweetened. An acquired taste but after a while it grows on you.

debkeversole · 07-10-2011, 07:27 PM

i love it my DH and DS and I have all used it they have the stevia sweetened one and i use the plain i like it and wow does it really help with energy and hunger if you are having a problem!

Zbunny · 07-10-2011, 07:32 PM

I drink it every day. I get it from Trader Joe's and it's just 100% organic yerba mate -- no sweeteners. Love that stuff!

PaminKY · 07-11-2011, 07:26 AM

I drink it daily too. I have a ceramic teapot on a candle warmer on the credenza behind my desk at work and every weekday morning I put one Yerba Mate teabag with 3 stevia tablets in the teapot and fill it up from the hot water spigot on the coffee machine. I then set it on the candle warmer and drink from it throughout the day. Yerba Mate is not supposed to be drank scalding hot, only lukewarm, and the candle warmer keeps it at just the right temp.

On the weekend I sometimes forget to drink it but if I do I will make it in a saucepan the same way and then drink from that. I have drank it as iced tea and while the color is really green and as my husband said "looks like sewage" the taste was really good.

Buttercup · 07-11-2011, 06:39 PM

Ha! "Looks like sewage". Nice. I have to get my behind over to the vite shoppe to get some tea. Do you think it helps fight the hunger or is that all a load of malarky? Right now I have started without it, but when we finally get over that way, I will pick some up. I did not know it should not be scalding.

You candle warmer description was very zen!

paulabob · 07-12-2011, 06:16 AM

I drink a lot of it on protocol. If you drink it the way the south americans do, it tastes like an ashtray. They take like 1-2 OUNCES and brew, yuck! But if you drink it more like green tea with just a few leaves, and sweeten with stevia, I really like it! Definitely helps with hunger, especially when I drink it warm instead of iced.

I buy it in kilo bags from the local Mexican grocery store that has an imported section.

kaylem · 07-12-2011, 06:37 AM

I drink it pretty much daily, but I enjoy the Chai version. (Spiced, and sweetened w/ stevia). It's nice! I think it really helps with night time hunger. I buy mine at Sprout's, Whole Foods, or Vitamin Cottage.

Kiley2801 · 07-12-2011, 07:28 AM

Love the Mate Chocolate. Drank it every day on P2.

PaminKY · 07-12-2011, 08:06 AM

I don't know about helping with hunger but I do Intermittent Fasting and I think it helps me during the day. Whenever I feel a bit empty that's when I reach for a mug of tea and it does help stave off the hunger pains but I don't know if it's the ingredients of the tea or just the warm sensation in my tummy.

06-28-2011, 05:22 PM	#1
Buttercup Major LCF Poster! Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Medford, NY, USA Posts: 2,413 Gallery: Buttercup Stats: 175/168/135 WOE: Atkins OWL	YerbaMate Tea Anybody that is doing HCG that also drank YerbaMate Tea? They suggest it in the Intermountain notes. I am debating buying it. I don't think they actually sell it, but my vite store does. It's sweetened with stevia, so it should be okay. It's supposed to help with cravings.

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06-28-2011, 05:27 PM	#2
LJB Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 24,503 Gallery: LJB Stats: Size 8 at Present WOE: No flour or sugar.	I love yerba mate tea unsweetened. An acquired taste but after a while it grows on you.

07-10-2011, 07:27 PM	#3
debkeversole Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: southern ky Posts: 49,830 Gallery: debkeversole Stats: 370/285/199 WOE: 8/29/11 R9P2 HCG diet Start Date: 10-8-09	i love it my DH and DS and I have all used it they have the stevia sweetened one and i use the plain i like it and wow does it really help with energy and hunger if you are having a problem!

07-10-2011, 07:32 PM	#4
Zbunny Major LCF Poster! Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: I've got a fever, and the only prescription is more cowbell Posts: 2,930 Gallery: Zbunny WOE: hhcg Start Date: P2 Start 1/2/2012	I drink it every day. I get it from Trader Joe's and it's just 100% organic yerba mate -- no sweeteners. Love that stuff!

07-11-2011, 07:26 AM	#5
PaminKY Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 3,191 Gallery: PaminKY	I drink it daily too. I have a ceramic teapot on a candle warmer on the credenza behind my desk at work and every weekday morning I put one Yerba Mate teabag with 3 stevia tablets in the teapot and fill it up from the hot water spigot on the coffee machine. I then set it on the candle warmer and drink from it throughout the day. Yerba Mate is not supposed to be drank scalding hot, only lukewarm, and the candle warmer keeps it at just the right temp. On the weekend I sometimes forget to drink it but if I do I will make it in a saucepan the same way and then drink from that. I have drank it as iced tea and while the color is really green and as my husband said "looks like sewage" the taste was really good.

07-11-2011, 06:39 PM	#6
Buttercup Major LCF Poster! Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Medford, NY, USA Posts: 2,413 Gallery: Buttercup Stats: 175/168/135 WOE: Atkins OWL	Ha! "Looks like sewage". Nice. I have to get my behind over to the vite shoppe to get some tea. Do you think it helps fight the hunger or is that all a load of malarky? Right now I have started without it, but when we finally get over that way, I will pick some up. I did not know it should not be scalding. You candle warmer description was very zen!

07-12-2011, 06:16 AM	#7
paulabob Blabbermouth!!! Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 6,545 Gallery: paulabob Stats: 204/124.6/110 49%/27.4%/20% 5'2" WOE: Atkins/hHcg/Optimal whatever works Start Date: restart March '10	I drink a lot of it on protocol. If you drink it the way the south americans do, it tastes like an ashtray. They take like 1-2 OUNCES and brew, yuck! But if you drink it more like green tea with just a few leaves, and sweeten with stevia, I really like it! Definitely helps with hunger, especially when I drink it warm instead of iced. I buy it in kilo bags from the local Mexican grocery store that has an imported section.

07-12-2011, 06:37 AM	#8
kaylem Senior LCF Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Colorado Posts: 384 Gallery: kaylem Stats: R6:176.5/159/140; 5'8" WOE: hhcg R6P2 Start Date: 2/10/13	I drink it pretty much daily, but I enjoy the Chai version. (Spiced, and sweetened w/ stevia). It's nice! I think it really helps with night time hunger. I buy mine at Sprout's, Whole Foods, or Vitamin Cottage.

07-12-2011, 07:28 AM	#9
Kiley2801 Big Yapper!!!! Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 7,818 Gallery: Kiley2801	Love the Mate Chocolate. Drank it every day on P2.

07-12-2011, 08:06 AM	#10
PaminKY Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 3,191 Gallery: PaminKY	I don't know about helping with hunger but I do Intermittent Fasting and I think it helps me during the day. Whenever I feel a bit empty that's when I reach for a mug of tea and it does help stave off the hunger pains but I don't know if it's the ingredients of the tea or just the warm sensation in my tummy.