Giuliana Rancic’s Ultimate Tea Diet

The E! channel’s hostess with the mostess, Guilana Rancic, is best known for two things – her reality show and her stick thin frame. Yes, this 37 year old TV host takes keeping her body in camera-ready shape seriously. And when Guiliana made the big change from being Guiliana DePandi to Mrs. Bill Rancic in 2007, she had only one concern: Shedding a few pounds to make sure she looked perfect.

Giuliani was able to lose the weight (and losign7lbs in total) by going on a diet that tea-lovers will go nuts for, the Ultimate Tea Diet. This diet was created by Beverly Hills tea connoisseur Mark Ukra. He co-wrote the book The Ultimate Tea Diet: How Tea Can Boost Your Metabolism, Shrink Your Appetite, and Kick-Start Remarkable Weight Loss.

From tea being able to suppress hunger to tea-infused meal plans, here’s the secret behind the Ultimate Tea Diet and how Guiliana was able to shed her pre-wedding weight.

How does it work?

Tea has been used as a health booster for hundreds of years by cultures around the world. It was only a matter of time before someone created a diet based around it. When Guiliana decided to go on the Ultimate Tea Diet, a 14-day detox tea and meal plan, the first thing she had to do was choose the type of tea she was going to drink all day.

The diet lets you choose from green tea, black tea, white tea and oolong tea, and several cups are supposed to be drunk each day on this diet. For anyone who loves tea (or maybe they’re trying to kick a pesky coffee habit) you can’t go wrong with this diet. And it also works amazingly well because around 1,2000 calories a day are consumed. Healthy, portion-controlled meals are a huge part of this diet.

And the reason why this diet is based on tea is simple. The author believes it contains several health benefits that can help people lose weight. Tea has caffeine, which is a stimulant (and helped Guiliana burn calories just by drinking it), it contains L-theanine, an amino acid that stops the caffeine jitters and suppresses hunger, and it contains EGCG, helping the body burn fat more efficiently.

How to do it

After choosing the type of tea she was going to drink each day, Guiliana had to follow strict tea-drinking rules. She could drink her tea hot or iced, but she wasn’t allowed to add any milk or sugar to it.  And her tea you had to be real tea, not herbal. Giuliana could also drink as much filtered water she wanted to each day as well.

Other than drinking several cups of tea throughout the day, Guiliana also ate 3 light meals – breakfast, lunch and dinner – each day.  Giuliana made sure she ate a balance of protein, carbohydrates and healthy facts in each meal.  Half her plate was always covered with the carbs, like fruit and vegetables and whole grains, and a 1/4 her plate always hade some kind of lean protein, like chicken, fish, lean beef, egg whites or tofu. And the other ¼ of the plate would always have green or red vegetables.

Recommended foods on this diet include Boca burgers, nonfat yogurt, brown rice, sweet potatoes, oat meal, avocado, flaxseed and raw nuts. She would also always eat all her meals on an 8 inch plate to make sure she stayed on the up and up when it came to portion control.

A detox more than a diet, the 14 day Ultimate Tea Diet got Guiliana the results she was looking for.