Yerba Mate Tea Health Benefits

Question #2

“My second question is whether I would get the best benefits from drinking Yerba with food or on an empty stomach? My personal experience is that when I drink Yerba with food it actually suppresses my appetite throughout the day whereas if I drink the Yerba on an empty stomach, it doesn’t seem to have any effect on my appetite - does this sound normal, through your experience?”

Answers:

Yerba Mate is traditionally consumed before or after meals, not with it. Personally I rarely drink Yerba Mate with a meal. When I do I have found that I don’t experience the same energizing effect as I do when I drink it seperately. However, if drinking during a meal keeps you happy I wouldn’t discourage it. Often the body itself is the best indicator of what’s right for us…

Part of what you may be experiencing is the alkaline effect of yerba mate. Various studies have shown that yerba mate produces a balancing effect on the stomach acids produced to digest food. I would suggest watching if you get a different effect with different foods you eat because each type of food will produce a different enzyme to process your food. By canceling the enzymes produced to process your food (with the alkaline effect of yerba mate) you may actually be “tricking” you stomach into thinking you’re full because it is working harder to breakdown the foods.

Again let your body be your indicator.

One of the best health tips of all time is chewing your food 30 times before you swallow it. It’s a shame most people don’t take this advice. It can aid in weight loss and help digest and absorb nutrients in less than half the time, keeping you fit and healthy.

Hope this helps!

The Happy Gaucho