The magic potion: Green tea with honey and lemon This beverage offers weight-loss benefits. According to a study published in the February 2013 “Journal of Medicinal Food,” participants who consumed green tea daily for four weeks and participated in a program of weight training showed significantly increased lean body mass and resting metabolic rate — a measure of how many calories your body burns while at rest — compared to a control group that exercised but did not drink green tea. While compounds in tea can inhibit iron absorption from foods in your diet, drinking your green tea with lemon reduces that effect while honey adds the benefits of vitamins, minerals and antioxidants, and provides magnesium, potassium, calcium, iron, copper and zinc as well as vitamins A, B-complex and C. Have a mug- full every morning and right after workouts get best results.