Japanese Tea Thing
Posted in Antiques on 07/10/2010 04:05 am by admin
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are these foods related to fat/weight loss?
Does drinking honey help in weight loss?
What about drinking those instant Japanese green tea?
Or lemon?
Or eating spicy things? Chilli?
Does eating apples help lose weight?
What kind of food helps to boost metabolism rate?
thanks!
1.Honey really just contains sugar and thats about it, so no, its just a fad.
2.Green tea is considered to be helpful with diets because it is a dhiarettic (sp?), so you loose water weight basically by being more "regular".. But it doesnt burn calories or fat or anything. People get hung up thinking it does... it might for like a week because you're carrying less weight around with you but its water weight, not fat, so they end up drinking TONS of it. More than about 2 or 3 cups of green tea a day is actually bad for you. However, it is almost completely water so it helps you get your 8 glasses a day. It helps with digestion but I wouldn't say it helps so much with weight loss.
3. Lemon.. havent heard of that one, but usually things that are acidic like that are good for you. I wouldn't call it a weight loss food though. Again, health, but not weight loss.
4. Spicy things ARE good for you, because they contain antioxidents, and also for the same reason as green tea. Chili is a generalization, because it itself is not spicy, only the spices it contains. And chili spices are generally powdered so even less so. Things like fresh jalepaneos and banana peppers are the best (my favorite is pickled hot banana pepper rings).
5. Eating apples is likely the closest thing on the list to a "weight loss" food. There are certain foods which contain "negative calories" meaning they actually use more energy (calories) to digest than they contain. Very few fruits contain "negative calories", i think apples is one of the only ones. Many vegetables, however, contain negative calories. Celery is one of the best, burning about 20 calories per stalk (it contains almost nothing, all water, and the strings are hard to digest). Do a google search for "negative calorie foods".. you should get a list of about 30. However, the misconception is that if you eat only these foods you will loose weight. That is not true, because you have to maintain a certain calorie intake or your body goes into starvation mode. This is usually around 1300 for girls and 1450 for guys. Its a bit lower if you are petite/skinny and more if you are bigger. If you dip below this calorie intake, your body senses itself starving. So it starts to pack away EVERYTHING you put into it, and you can only maintain that level of intake for so long, you will also eventually start eatting more and gaining weight. Girls who say "i currently eat 700 calories a day and dont loose weight, should i drop to 400" are completely wrong. Your body can't live on 700 calories, so EVERY TIME you eat something.. Every bit of fat it contains, water, etc. will be stored away by your body, since it senses hard times ahead. These girls can't keep eatting like that forever and when the finally give in and eat 2000 calories a day for 2 or 3 days... they've just gained 2 pounds of fat and lost nothing. (It may work for the first coouple days but not after that).. So yes, if you are feeling hungry, negative calories foods are good to supplement your diet and fill you up, but in the long run they will make you GAIN weight (sorry for my little rant there)
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