There is some evidence that drinking tea itself can help with weight loss. If nothing else, simply having a low calorie hot drink regularly may help some people. Likewise, some of the compounds could potentially have some impact – especially in green tea.

But, products like these aren’t likely to be any more powerful than regular tea. In fact, that laxative effect can cause some serious complications, especially in the long-term. Besides, increasing your excretion may help with the scales but it isn’t actually going to lead to weight loss.

One of the biggest problems is that the hype will convince many people. So, people end up buying this type of tea and are convinced that it will dramatically change their weight.

Yet, they end up with an expensive product that could even result in health risks, especially as some of these teas contain laxative effects.

For most people, there aren’t significant side effects if you drink too much tea, unless you were drinking something like 10 cups in a day. Certainly, too much tea isn’t going to have an impact on your immune system.

But, that being said, there could be dramatic side effects if you drink a lot of detox tea or if you use detox tea over an extended period of time. In many ways, doing so is like relying on laxatives and certainly isn’t good for your overall health.

Thanks for reading the post and for your comment.

You may have experienced some weight loss benefits with detox products but be aware that this is probably a short-term outcome. Detox products simply don’t promote healthy long-term weight loss and most of the weight you will have lost would be water, rather than fat.

Out of curiosity though, is there any side effects if I overdrink tea? I generally drink 4 cups a day but my colleague told me that drinking too much would make my immune system messed up so i’m a bit worried

As usual, I enjoy reading your posts because they are very insightful and objective and help the visitor to decide for themselves.

I’ve taken detox products before and as you mentioned in your post, I experienced cramping abdominal pains and diarrhea; however, at the end of a few weeks, I lost nearly 1 Kg. I haven’t tried detox tea yet and I’m considering using it. After reading your review on Fit Tea (in another post), I think it would be the next one on my list.

I look forward to reading more from you.