12Jun/090
Diet Patches – Weight Loss Band-Aids?
Is this the answer to weight loss? Stick on a patch and 'hey-presto' you're thin! All your past excesses disappear in a trice - just by putting on a patch. Wow! The days of miracles are still with us.
Diet Patches - Weight Loss Band-Aids?
If diet patches are the answer to weight loss, the inventor should be waiting by the telephone. The call to say that the Nobel prize for science is theirs shouldn't be far away. Diet patches are definitely not the answer to weight loss, but do they do any good at all?
Diet patches usually contain four main ingredients. Guarana which is a caffeine based stimulant and a diuretic. Chromium which can help to regulate insulin function and blood sugar levels. Hydroxycitric acid which is meant to prevent the conversion of carbs to fat and something called Bladderwrack which is meant to have fat burning qualities.
All good stuff, but do they work? The simple answer is 'no' they do not. There have been many unsubstantiated claims about diet patches and they have gotten the manufacturers into more than a bit of hot water. The truth is that diet patches have no real short-term or lasting weight loss benefit. Used in conjunction with a serious change in eating and lifestyle habits, there could be some minor benefit, but you'd be hard pressed to identify it. A Band-Aid might be a very good description for a diet patch, but on the other hand it might be being a bit unfair to a Band-Aid!
The bottom line is that there is no substitute for changing your habits by learning new eating and lifestyle habits if you want to lose weight. There is no silver bullet when it comes to losing weight. There is no easy answer, but there are some things that you can do that will influence your weight and help your prospects of leading a slimmer, healthier life. Have you considered a vegetarian diet? It's not as daft as it may sound. By changing what you eat in a fairly drastic way, by cutting out the things like meat and ready meals that contain meat, you will reduce many of the things that have helped to make you overweight. It's worth a try.
11Jun/090
Diet Tea Weight Loss
Drinking diet tea for weight loss is a most popular want to lose excess weight. If you wanting to lose 5 to 10 pounds quickly, drinking diet tea along with a good meal plan, will make the pounds melt off. Most teas are herbal which curbs hunger so you won't want to eat as much. They also contain natural laxatives which will help loose excess water. Just be sure that you eat healthy too, and don't just drink the tea and not eat at all. Drink it a few days and then stop drinking it for a couple days to let your body adjust naturally. This is a healthy drink but can be harmful to the bowels and intestines if over indulged for long lengths of time.
Herbal diet tea can be an excellent alternative for weight loss opposed to using diet medication, like diet pills. It many cases it is safer and works just as effective. Herbal teas control hunger, boost energy levels, which helps you burn the calories off faster. They naturally burn fat by creating what is called thermogenic heat, which burns fat and converts calories to energy rather than fat. This is a powerful antioxidant and multifunctional remedy for weight loss, disease, and aging. It also contains a natural substance called epigallocatechin gallate, which is known to fight cancer. The herbal teas contain chromium and it controls and stabilizes blood sugar levels. Bladderwrack is another ingredient in diet tea and it helps balance your hormones, which in turn helps control your appetite. These are all good herbs to find in diet tea.
There are some bad herbs in diet tea. Try to avoid the herb guarana in tea as it is a stimulant that may cause nervousness, sleeplessness and dizziness in some people. Diet teas or supplements containing Ma Huang are dangerous. Ma Huang is just another form of ephedrine which is banned, and known to cause rapid heartbeat and dizziness. There are so many other good herbs that will enhance your energy and burn fat that have zero affect on your sense of health and well being and don't cause the rapid heartbeat of nervousness.
When on any kind of diet system just makes sure you continue to eat wisely. Don't skip meals and just drink diet tea alone. Eat healthy and include the diet tea as your meal's drink. Eat lots of fruits, vegetables and grains for fiber. As you drink you will begin to feel and focus well. You will find yourself also having tons of energy.












