*: January 2008

Thursday, January 31, 2008

Fun Alerts FOR 31 Jan 2008

Fun Alerts for: Hi people here are your Alerts FOR
31 Jan 2008 09:20
Brought to you by www.tecacentre.net

News Alert for: fun

High-Energy Fun Is The Goal
Hartford Courant - United States
By GAIL BRACCIDIFERRO | Special to The Courant January 30, 2008 GLASTONBURY — - Ensconced behind a plexiglass shield in a chilly, concrete-floored gallery ...
See all stories on this topic

Ritz Crackers Revs Up the Fun With Kraft 'Race to Win a Ride ...
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
30 /PRNewswire/ -- Ritz crackers, the official cracker of NASCAR(R) and the brand that is always "Open for Fun," has teamed up with Roush Fenway Racing and ...
See all stories on this topic

Family Fun For All At Manchester Elementary's Fun Fair
Manchester Times - Manchester,NY,USA
The Fun Fair, which is organized and run by the school's staff and committee members, is an event that draws a huge crowd every year. ...
See all stories on this topic

The UK is the pits for having ‘fun’ at work
ic Wales - United Kingdom
THE UK is at the bottom of a European “fun” league table because more than one-in-three people suppress the fun-loving side of their personality when they ...
See all stories on this topic

Fun to ski or see
Chicago Sun-Times - United States
I'd barely been on my long, skinny cross-country skis for five minutes when it happened: wipeout. "The trail's a little icy today," explained my skiing ...
See all stories on this topic

Refreshingly fun under the Davao sun
Manila Times - Philippines
Over the years, this activity, where stars, broadcast and print journalists, and brand executives share a weekend of frolic and camaraderie through fun ...
See all stories on this topic

Lakeside fun run to help open doors
Australian Star - Pakenham,Victoria,Australia
RESIDENTS are invited to put their best foot forward by taking part in the inaugural Lakeside Fun Run in March. The fun run is over 4km and 8km courses in ...
See all stories on this topic

Furniture can make living room functional, fun
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
Q:We are in a quandary as to how to decorate our living room with furniture. It is not a high-use area, but it is a visual introduction to our home. ...
See all stories on this topic

Terence Blacker: The most fun you can have with your boots on
Independent - London,England,UK
With a casual, passing comment, made during the course of an analysis of the American presidency, the journalist Jacob Weisberg has blown the cover on the ...
See all stories on this topic

Blogs Alert for: fun

Fun With Structures (Help Me Name This Post)
I apologize for the extremely lame title of this post. It's worth reading, trust me. 250 bonus points to the commenter who comes up with the best alternate title. Last night I was tightening up another release of my PPTUtils component ...
cfsilence - http://cfsilence.com/blog/client/index.cfm

Fun with Smoke
Fun with Smoke.
Coudal Partners Blended Feed - http://www.coudal.com/

New Nikon D60 Digital SLR Camera Makes Capturing Beautiful ...
Nikon, Inc., today introduced the new D60 digital SLR camera, which provides consumers with stunning picture quality and versatility in an easy-to-use, compact camera design.
- http://www.creativepro.com/

Fun iQ contest
Do you think you are smart? Visit my website and prove it. Sign up and have fun!
Digg / upcoming - http://digg.com/

Kramerbooks & Afterwords offers food, fun
By admin
By JESSEKA KADYLAK Observer staff Jan. 30, 2008. Kramerbooks & Afterwords Cafe, which is in Dupont Circle, offers a vast array of books, a bar and grill, and live entertainment. The book store was established in 1976 as part of the ...
- http://americanobserver.net

Tuesday, January 29, 2008

funny stuff Alerts FOR 29 Jan 2008

Funny Alerts for: Hi people here are your Alerts FOR
29 Jan 2008 19:44
Brought to you by www.tecacentre.net

Pacman Fun Great games and more fun ...
Tecacentre welcome online
Tecacentre.net Fun includes games such as lab pixies, flood it, Backgammon, Marbles, space invaders and serious puzzles to help feed the starving your sure to have fun today...
See heaps of info on this fun topic

News Alert for: funny stuff

Jason Biggs: The RT Interview
Rotten Tomatoes - Brisbane,CA,USA
Jason Biggs: Well, for comedies, if you read a script and you laugh, it's funny. If you don't laugh, it's not funny. I laughed a lot and that's a good ...
See all stories on this topic

Prisoner Escapes Cuffs, Flees Court
WSAZ-TV - Huntington,WV,USA
I don't find it funny at all! I bet if you needed HELP and had to call upon a DEPUTY it wouldn't be so funny then! Keep your REMARKS to yourself, ...
See all stories on this topic

City Picks: Stuff to do Jan. 16-23
Charleston City Paper - Charleston,SC,USA
Much like Nick Hornby’s similarly-themed book High Fidelity, this play is a wickedly funny, and sometimes painfully honest, look at the modern male. ...
See all stories on this topic

Being Funny
Smithsonian - USA
I was doing material from my act, best stuff first, and after two or three appearances, I realized how little best stuff I had. After I'd gone through my ...
See all stories on this topic

Good Morning. Fun stuff for Monday
The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com - New Orleans,LA,USA
I got an email this morning from a friend with funny theater info in it. If you do theater, you get it. If you don't, its OK, its something neat to learn. ...
See all stories on this topic

Jason Biggs Interview, Over Her Dead Body
MoviesOnline - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
Biggs stars opposite Eva Longoria Parker in the uproariously funny romantic comedy about a battle between two women (one of them a ghostâ€¦) for the love of ...
See all stories on this topic

The Clicker
Richmond.com - Richmond,VA,USA
A fat man falls down a lot … and that's funny stuff. "Wilder: An American First," airing at 9 pm on PBS (channel 24). This profile on Richmond's current ...
See all stories on this topic

Blogs Alert for: funny stuff

Guy Needs A Toilet
Hey, when you gotta go, you gotta go. But this guy sure picked the WRONG house to ask to use the bathroom! Funny Stuff! Enjoy!
Bofunk Videos - http://www.bofunk.com

Eww - yet hilarious!
By Sherry
Just a quick video for you to enjoy. If, you know, you find gross stuff happening to other people to be incredibly funny. Stuff like a bird crapping in a reporter’s mouth. http://view.break.com/439964 - Watch more free videos ...
Chaos Theory - http://andromeda.qc.ca

Your secret is safe with me: Eli Manning
In other words, it's funny stuff. The great thing for you and the Giants is, apparently, the Green Bay Packers (not to mention the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Dallas Cowboys) took the ad seriously. Some people take a long time to get jokes ...
ArmchairGM Popular Stuff - http://www.armchairgm.com

Comment on Travels with Charlie by dr4
By dr4
Your blogger interviews and Mr Potato Head photoshops were good. Geezers friend the Mayor has some interesting and funny stuff on his site occasionally. Allah had nice photoshops, but isnt that funny since he moved to Hot Air. ...
Comments for Innocent Bystanders - http://michaelscomments.wordpress.com

LOL cats
By Miss Newburn
More funny stuff, imo, of course, from icanhascheezburger. funny-pictures-cat-sleeps-dog-bed.jpg. funny-pictures-cat-steals-dog-bed.jpg. funny-pictures-penguins-clipboard-reservation.jpg.
Hometown Columbia - http://hometowncolumbia.wordpress.com

Monday, January 28, 2008

Alert for: funny stuff evening 28 Jan 2008

Hi people here is your Alert for: funny stuff 28 Jan 2008 19:33

Funny Money: Banking While Intoxicated
TheStreet.com - USA
Buying speculative stuff on credit has worked out really well so far. Glad we're teaching the kids how to do it. The New York Times ran a piece about Chris ...
See all stories on this topic

Nicholas J. Coleman Creates a Special Kind of Silence
Broadway World - New York,NY,USA
“It’s funny,” he comments with a laugh, “I’ve been a stand-in for other actors in movie projects and it seems like when I get these calls it’s for some guy ...
See all stories on this topic

STRANGE STUFF LEFT BEHIND
Akron Beacon Journal - Akron,OH,USA
The frontline workers who handle foreclosure evictions, including cleanup crews and sheriff's deputies, are used to odd — in addition to gross, sad, funny ...
See all stories on this topic

Exclusive: Heffernan on Strange Wilderness
ComingSoon.net - USA
Kevin Heffernan: It's funny. Prepare to laugh your ass off. CS: I saw the trailer and caught just a glimpse of you in it and I know you're playing a guy ...
See all stories on this topic

The Comebacks (Unrated)
ComingSoon.net - USA
In a film full of random stuff, that was pretty random. The numerous sports movie references just weren't funny, either. Like with "Scary Movie," the movie ...
See all stories on this topic

Exclusive Interview: Michael Pitt & Brady Corbet
ShockTillYouDrop.com - Los Angeles,CA,USA
He thinks it's very funny how far we push Naomi Watts and also likes performances that are naturalistic. The first film is really great, but this is very ...
See all stories on this topic

MTV's DJ Cipha Sounds Offers Tips To Becoming The Host W/ The Most
SOHH - Jersey City,USA
A lot of people train to do radio and to do TV, but my angle is definitely a sarcastic, funny angle. It doesn't have to be funny, but you definitely have to ...
See all stories on this topic

Ex-Penguin Petersen dominates All-Star Skills Competition
Wilkes Barre Times-Leader - Wilkes Barre,PA,USA
“It’s funny,” he said. “After that interview on the ice. … You always have those interviews where you think of something clever to say right after it’s done ...
See all stories on this topic

‘Banksy’s ideas have the value of a joke’
Times Online - UK
Basquiat, who died of an overdose in 1988, was funny and witty, and he had a great sense of bitter irony about black cultural history: he shared this ...
See all stories on this topic

Google Blogs Alert for: funny stuff

Comment on Oh Yes, We’ve Seen This Story Before… by larkspur
By larkspur
Oh, Susan, I agree with Smiling Mortician - funny stuff. Two shakes of the pom-pom and a box of Merlot for you! Now I’m off to bed, as soon as I brush my teeth and rub Rogaine on my upper lip.
Comments for Sadly, No! - http://www.sadlyno.com

Old Websites Sure Are Funny [Gallery]
By admin
My personal favorite might be the LEGO site, but really, there are no winners on this list. What do you think? Oh, and special (nonexistent) prize to anyone who digs through the Wayback archives and finds funny stuff for the comments. ...
iInfoCenter.com - http://www.iinfocenter.com

Funny stuff from the FBB. (Last post on 01/26/2008 at 3:58 PM PST)
By MysticalFold
Ever think some of these people take every post way too serious? Here is another example.....
Scout.com > BlueGoldNews.com... - http://www.scout.com/

Funny stuff for January 28 2008

Hi people here is your Alert for: Funny stuff FOR

28 Jan 2008 09:30

Honolulu Lite
Honolulu Star-Bulletin - Honolulu,HI,USA
So I suspect the reader was hinting, in what he took to be a funny way, that I had somehow lifted the Bozo lines from Jerry. Man, that hurts. ...
See all stories on this topic

RON DZWONKOWSKI: Kilpatrick had right stuff to lead, but abused it
Detroit Free Press - United States
Funny, too, how the rumors stop when you just hunker down and do the work. So it was certainly disappointing this past week to learn that both the mayor and ...
See all stories on this topic

Loyalty Unrewarded
Hartford Courant - United States
There's a lot of funny stuff going on with these tickets, believe me." But with the Super Bowl an overwhelming financial success for the league, ...
See all stories on this topic

Saturday, January 26, 2008

Alert for: funny stuff 26 Jan 2008 17:16

Hi people here is your Alert for: funny stuff
26 Jan 2008 17:16

Jack Black Confesses To Stare-Off With 50 Cent, Uncovers The Wii's ...
MTV.com - USA
Black: It's been working. We've had a week of filming already, and he's incredible. He's so funny and great. We're a team. I think we make a good team.
See all stories on this topic

Jack Black Confesses To Stare-Off With 50 Cent, Uncovers The Wii's ...
MTV.com - USA
Gimme stuff!" Black: No, there are strings attached. You do have to take pictures with the products, and you don't know what they're gonna do with those ...
See all stories on this topic

Capps joins NASCAR great M. Waltrip in series of NAPA ads
NHRA.com - Glendora,CA,USA
And I was a little nervous because I was trying to get this stuff out that I had already memorized. "There should be a lot of funny outtakes from this. ...
See all stories on this topic

Ashley Force; How to handle life with 7000 horsepower when your ...
Belleville Intelligencer - Belleville,Ontario,Canada
It's a few hours before she wriggles into her flame-retardant suit and launches her funny car to 320 mph (510 km-h) for John Force Racing, competing with ...
See all stories on this topic

Stuff ‘vodcasts’ win iTunes recognition
Press Gazette - UK
By Zarina Osman Haymarket’s gadget monthly, Stuff, has had its video podcasts ranked Best New Video of 2007 by Apple’s iTunes multimedia store. ...
See all stories on this topic

Brothers stick with funny formula
South Bend Tribune - South Bend,IN,USA
That's where the philosophical stuff from our shows comes from."Although Tom is two years older, Dick's controlling straight-man routine gives him the air ...
See all stories on this topic

'Funny Females' show makes serious statement
Boston Globe - United States
"I do them because they're fun, the audience has a good time, and I can do lots of different stuff and know it will be received OK," says Ciampa. ...
See all stories on this topic

She's a funny moneymaker
Baltimore Sun - United States
She says her relationship to the green stuff started at about age 9, when she and her mother went door to door in Los Angeles selling handmade earrings. ...
See all stories on this topic

Peter Schickele to lead works of his alter ego -- PDQ Bach
Dailyrecord.com - Parsippany,NJ,USA
"It's all funny stuff. There's no dreaded serious music on it," Schickele said. An Iowa native, Schickele grew up in Fargo, ND, and Washington, DC, ...
See all stories on this topic

Trying some funny stuff
Knoxville News Sentinel - Knoxville,TN,USA
... songs he's proud to follow in the tradition of Roger Miller, Buck Owens and his friend Little Jimmie Dickens in having hits that have a funny edge. ...
See all stories on this topic

Friday, January 18, 2008

Fwd: The first promise Clark broke & the promise the Libs can't keep...

All councillors or even those intending feel free to use any of the below links content or info by linking to it for your campaign now or in the future.

Personally we have spoken to a great number of people who all think there needs to be a big shake up see the links below for some of the reasons.

parkwood-is-crowing-again

Request to sack council 2004 to 2005

Australian recycled water info

interesting council issues

From: Rob Molhoek <rob@rob4mayor.org>
Date: 18 Jan 2008 13:14
Subject: The first promise Clark broke & the promise the Libs can't keep...

Hi,

In case you didn't see it in today's GCB it seems the Liberals made the promise that they just can't keep proclaiming the populist promise of a Rates FREEZE.

Clarke promised the rates freeze in his last election and it was the first promise he broke – because he soon realised constructions costs are a large component of Council expenditure related to maintenance and upgrades of our infrastructure around our city.

This time around Clarke has learnt that you can't keep populist promises like that and hasn't promised a rates freeze again:- instead has matched my commitment to a sensible CPI limit policy. We have made the hard finance decisions in this current council term and got council back on track financially just to have the Liberals make us suffer that pain all over again in two or three years time.

The Liberals however have no idea that they are simply lying to the voters with this promise. Their rates freeze is simply a promise they can not keep. I am told by State Treasury Department Officials that such a policy will mean a $210+ Million dollar hole in Council's budget. What the Liberals are really promising is a cut in road maintenance & upgrades, no new parks, no new libraries, no sewage treatment plant upgrades and no major water pipe maintenance:- how else to fund a $210M a year shortfall? How can they make their other spending promises while promising no increase in rates? Simple: they are going to borrow on the Council Credit Card and our kids will be paying for their financial mismanagement for years to come.

They are trying to buy resident votes with fools gold coming from a Liberal party from the hip policy cauldron.

The UniteGC team policy is simple: to keep rates at or below CPI. But it goes beyond that. I have a plan to ensure we continue to deliver Operational Surplus's in Council's budget as I have done over the past three years as Finance Chair. We intend to extend the re-valuation averaging on property values from three years to five years and maintain the rate deferral program for the elderly. Crucially however we will not fund this using debt and in fact we commit to maintaining Council's AA+ rating by reducing debt to asset ratio levels. In other words no debt will be raised without assets being built to pay it off so citywide, ratepayers don't foot the bill.

I intend to place all available funds received from the State Government as part of the SEQ water reform process to first and foremost pay down all of Council's debt with remaining funds used to set up a future fund for Council revenue producing investments. Lastly I feel the mayor should be responsible for the preparation of the annual, 10 year and 20 year budgets and be accountable for their proper implementation. No longer should a mayor be able to hide behind the finance committee (in the Liberal case their anointed 'second in charge') and not face the hard decisions of the city. Councillors will not longer be able to unilaterally vote against a budget without detailed explanation so as to stop the politicking around budget time.

Here is the article: (as for announcing the next 'deputy mayor' what arrogance! It is selected by the successfully elected Councillors after the election, next they will be picking their wall hangings for their offices!)...

Want to see how we compare to other Councils in South East Queensland? Click here for the Chart.

Many Thanks,

Please share this email with your friends...

www.rob4mayor.org www.unitegc.org

This email has been sent from campaign@rob4mayor.org

To unsubscribe simply email us on campaign@rob4mayor.org asking to unsubscribe.

Authorised by Rob Molhoek 33 Reynolds Ave Labrador Qld 4215 for UniteGC.

Tuesday, January 08, 2008

Green Tea Diet Patch

The idea of diet patches is based on the marketing success of nicotine patches. Easy to apply and with no harmful side-effects, green tea diet patches have quite become latest fad in nutritional supplements.

Green tea diet patches contain a high amount of green tea extract, a beverage made from the steaming the leaves of the plant called Carmellia sinensis. Green tea diet patches are said to have several health benefits. Recent studies on green tea diet patches revealed that aside from promoting weight loss, green tea diet patches canalso be an effective cure for cancer and other diseases.

Clinical Studies on Green Tea Diet Patches

A study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition revealed the weight loss benefits of green tea diet patches. Polyphenols are substances present in green tea diet patches that can augment metabolism. The study showed that green tea diet patches can actually increase the total energy expenditure of the body in twenty-four hours by four percent.

In addition to that, green tea diet patches seems to accelerate metabolic rates without increasing blood pressure or heart rate. Green tea diet patches promote the process of thermogenesis, a process by which the body releases heat by burning fats. This makes green tea diet patches excellent fat-burners without proving dangerous. Unlike other diet supplements, green tea diet patches do not cause heart palpitations, hypertension, or cardiovascular complications.

Green Tea Diet Patches vs. Green Tea Diet Pills

Green tea diet patches use transdermal method of delivery. This means that green tea diet patches allows the skin to directly absorb the beneficial substances, thereby, eliminating or diminishing several setbacks commonly experienced by pill users.

The transdermal property of green tea diet patches delivers consistent and even levels of substances over a period of several hours. Unlike pills which requires several applications in a day, green tea diet patches is only applied once in one day.

Ingredients of Green Tea Diet Patches

Aside from green tea extract, green tea diet patches also contain other helpful substances. Fucus vesiculosus in green tea diet patches has been used to aid in weight loss as early as the 17^th Century. According to a recent research by Dr. Marvin Koplick of the U.S., the Fucus substance in green tea diet patches can help the body shed extra weight up to twenty pounds in two months. Fucus vesiculoscus in green tea diet patches burns fat in the safest, most effective way possible since it exhibits no side-effects.

Other ingredients found in green tea diet patches are Garcinia cambogia, an exotic fruit grown in South India. Garcinia cambogia in green tea diet patches has an active ingredient called hydroxycitric acid (HCA) which is an antioxidant much like Vitamin C.

Guarana in green tea diet patches act as a natural appetite-suppressant. Guarana in green tea diet patches stimulates metabolism while at the same time, suppresses your appetite for a balanced weight loss.

Green tea diet patches also contain Chromium picolinate. This compound in green tea diet patches is essential in maintaining insulin levels in the body. With Chromium picolinate in green tea diet patches, maximum energy production, fat burning, and lean muscle maintenance is ensured.

How to apply Green Tea Diet Patches

Green tea diet patches are applied to clean, dry skin. The recommended parts to apply green tea diet patches are the shoulders, thigh, back, and belly portions of the body. Although some green tea diet patches reputedly contain green tea worth 48 hours, most green tea diet patches have a 24-hour limit.

Monday, January 07, 2008

Green Tea Diet Review

Due to the popularity of recent findings, green tea has almost become synonymous with weight loss and diet. The addition of green tea diet into diet pills and weight loss supplements is perhaps spurred by reports of harmful side-effects of other drugs like ephedra.

Why choose green tea diet?

For four thousand years, green tea diet has been used all throughout Asia as a beneficial health and medicinal drink. Green tea diet is different from all other tea diets because its liquid is extracted by steaming the leaves of the Camellia sinensis plant as opposed to full oxidation. In this way, green tea diet manages to preserve a lot more antioxidants and keep them intact for the body to use.

Green tea diet is an excellent source of polycatechin polyphenols, a group of antioxidants that act on free radicals. These free radicals have harmful effects on the body since they are the major causes of diseases and aging. With green tea diet’s polycatechin polyphenols, a person has a better chance of avoiding ailments and keeping himself healthy for a much longer period of time.

Another antioxidant in green tea diet is also being studied as a potential cure for cancer. Epigallocatechin gallate or EGCG found in green tea diet has been discovered to destroy cancer cells while keeping surrounding healthy cells unharmed.

The EGCG in green tea diet also acts with another compound, caffeine (a small amount of this is found in green tea). The interaction of these two compounds causes green tea diet to promote thermogenesis in the body.

It has been noted by a study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition that with the consumption of green tea diet, the body’s total 24-hour energy expenditure is increased by up to four percent. This is roughly equivalent to losing more than 10 pounds of weight a month.

Green tea diet helps increase the body’s metabolic rates. With its thermogenic properties, it is only natural that green tea diet can also promote faster metabolism of fats and sugars. Excess glucose found in the body is turned into fats by the hormone insulin. Because green tea diet has an inhibiting effect on insulin, green tea diet therefore helps keep sugar from being stored as fats and instead, send them directly into the muscles for immediate use.

The downside to a green tea diet

Although green tea diet has a reputation for boosting health, scientific proofs of its health benefits are still somewhat mixed. However, in an article published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, American researchers collaborated with their Chinese counterparts to discuss the beneficial effects of green tea diet on cholesterol levels.

Using 240 men and women (average age 55) who possess mild to moderately high LDL cholesterol levels, the researchers instructed them to retain their usual low-fat diet, green tea diet intake, and activity levels. After twelve weeks, it was found that those who consumed green tea diet extract with their regular meals lost more than fifteen percent of their total LDL cholesterol levels.

Although the researchers never explained how green tea diet may influence cholesterol levels, previous studies have shown that certain compounds in green tea diet play a role in reducing the amount of cholesterol absorbed by the body, increasing amount of cholesterol excreted, and thus keeping cholesterol from being stored in the liver.

Subsequent studies were made to test the findings of the first group of researchers. Their results were contradictory. They found that green tea diet has no significant effect on the cholesterol profiles of their subjects.

There is no such thing as a miracle diet. Green tea diet, like all other diets, needs a lot of work and input from those who enroll in it. Green tea diet required both discipline and heart for it to make any significant impact on your weight loss goals.

Sunday, January 06, 2008

Study on Green Tea and Weight Loss

For many years now, several benefits are attributed to drinking green tea. Today, researchers have come up with newer proofs to solidify the belief that green tea can be used as a treatment for obesity and for weight loss.

It is held that more than half of the American population have weight problems or are obese. Conditions like these are almost always linked to certain complications like heart disease, type 2 diabetes mellitus, sleep apnea, gall bladder disease, and hypertension. Weight loss can aid in assuaging the symptoms of some of these conditions.

Scientists have tirelessly investigated on the weight loss benefits of green tea. They have found that green tea can actually enhance the total amount of energy spent by the body. From their findings, they were able to deduce that green tea has great potential for a weight loss benefit.

Other researches were able to confirm the weight loss benefit of green tea. A recent study at the University of Geneva had the conclusion that, “Green tea has thermogenic properties and promotes fat oxidation beyond that explained by its caffeine content per se.” Where before it was generally believed that the caffeine content in green tea is the reason for its weight loss benefit, this recent study deviated from that theory. Green tea has other substances in them that are helpful in weight loss.

The same team who conducted the study on green tea’s caffeine content and weight loss banded together in Switzerland to perform another experiment. They were still able to come up with the same results – that green tea has several thermogenic attributes that make it perfect to use in any weight loss program.

Sample Studies: Green Tea and Weight Loss

Green tea reduces body fat accretion caused by high-fat diet in rats through beta-adrenoceptor activation of thermogenesis in brown adipose tissue. Conducted by chief scientist J.J. Choo of the Department of Food and Nutrition, Kunsan National University, this study aimed to find out if green tea can suppress body fat and to find out whether this suppression is connected with thermogenesis spurred by the body’s beta-adrenoceptor being activated.

To investigate the weight loss benefit of green tea on rats, the scientists placed their subjects on a high-fat diet and provided them with green tea extract. It was discovered that even though the rats were on a high-fat diet, the green tea extract counterbalanced fat gain without affecting the amount of energy they took in. Green tea was said to have shown some weight loss benefits in the fact that it can prevent fat from being stored, can increase protein levels, and promote thermogenesis by triggering beta-adrenoceptor to action.

Recent findings of green tea extract AR25 (Exolise) and its activity for the treatment of obesity. This study is a collaborative work between Doctors P. Chantre and D. Lairon of the Laboratoires Arkopharma in Carros, France. Published in the 2002 issue of Phytomedicine, this study aimed to find out if green tea extract has weight loss benefits and can be a potential cure for obesity.

In their study, they used an 80% ethanolic concentrate in green tea extract with standardized 25% catechins. They tested the green tea extract and were able to find that it could directly inhibit gastric and pancreatic lipases. These enzymes are the primary cause of fat storage and by delaying their actions; green tea extract therefore exhibits a weight loss benefit that can help solve obesity problems.

It was also discovered in this study that green tea can stimulate thermogenesis. Given to moderately obese patients, the green tea extract was said to have caused a decrease in weight by 4.6% and a reduction of waist circumference by 4.48% after only three months. The findings of the study clearly implicate the weight loss benefits of green tea.

Saturday, January 05, 2008

Green Tea Diet Plan

Eating and dieting these days do not usually involve your favourite beverages like green tea and coffee. But this is not always necessarily the case. With some bit of planning and a lot of discipline, your diet plan and weight regime can include your morning cups of coffee or green tea.

South Beach Diet Plan

An idea formulated by Dr. Agatston, the South Beach Diet plan is not low-carb, nor low-fat. According to its originator, the South Beach Diet plan “teaches you to rely on the right carbs and the right fats.”

This diet plan is comprised of three phases – Banishing your Cravings, Reintroducing Carbs, and A Diet for Life. Using artificial sweetener and low-fat milk in your coffee or green tea during all three phases is one way to go on losing weight without having to give up your brewed cup. Going decaf with your coffee might also be a good idea since the objective of this diet is maintaining even insulin levels. If you’re a green tea drinker, then there is less worries for you. Green tea contains only very few amounts of caffeine.

The Zone Diet Plan

The Zone Diet plan was developed by Barry Sears, a former biotechnology researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. This diet plan is based on the maintenance and consistency of insulin levels. Because this diet plan also concerns itself with insulin control, the issues that arise are handled similarly as that with the South Beach Diet plan. Taking decaffeinated coffee and green tea is all right as long as these beverages don’t spike up your insulin. The eating program of the Zone Diet plan requires you to use artificial sweetener and low-fat milk in your coffee or green tea.

Atkins Diet Plan

Another low-carb diet plan variety, the Atkins Diet plan works best with caffeine-free coffee and green tea. For best results, artificial sweeteners in your green tea and coffee are advised to keep your carbs down.

Blood Type Diet Plan

The Blood Type Diet plan is a weight loss regimen where the foods you eat are based on your blood type. The eating program of the Blood Type Diet plan is more restricted compared to the South Beach Diet plan, the Zone Diet plan, and the Atkins Diet plan. For instance, for people with blood types A and AB, coffee is highly advised. But for those with blood types O, adding coffee to the Blood Type Diet plan should be avoided. Green teas on the other hand are acceptable for any blood types. However, adding natural sweeteners like sugar, honey, stevia, or maple syrup in green tea should be avoided in this diet plan.

Sugar Busters Diet Plan

The name of the diet plan says it all. Subscribers to this diet plan are highly cautioned against sugars. Coffee and green teas are perfectly fine but only use artificial sweeteners.

Paleolithic Diet Plan

Also called the Stone Age Diet plan, this diet plan is based on the consumption of simple, unprocessed foods that our Neanderthal ancestors would have eaten. This diet plan is perfect for green tea drinkers. Green tea is simple and 100% natural steamed dried leaves from the Camellia sinensis plant. If you’re a coffee drinker, you might be in for a tougher choice since you might have to give up coffee all together with this diet plan. Sugars in green teas are still a big no-no, especially the refined kind.

Friday, January 04, 2008

Information on Green Tea Diet

For centuries now, the benefits of green tea diets have been the subject of countless writings and scientific investigations.

More than four thousand years ago, green tea diet has become a staple beverage for most Asians because of its countless health and medicinal benefits. It is said that the Chinese Emperor Shen Nung was the first one to have discovered green tea diet. Emperor Shen Nung was reported to have been boiling water when some leaves of a nearby plant fell into his pot. The leaves actually came from Camellia sinensis, the herb from which green tea diet is extracted.

Having a green tea diet is associated with several health benefits. One of the benefits of having a green tea diet is providing a potential cure for cancer. According to some studies, certain substances in green tea diet can destroy cancel cells without harming any neighboring healthy tissues. This substance in green tea diets is called epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG).

The results of the study on the cancer benefit of green tea diets were astounding and it led to further more researches that investigate other aspects of green tea diet. In a study conducted by American and Swiss scientists in the University of Geneva, it has been found that the EGCG found in green tea diets can increase the 24-hour energy expenditure of the body. They concluded that this is due to the ability of antioxidants present in green tea diet to stimulate thermogenesis, otherwise known as fat metabolism. According to their findings, people who were on a green tea diet exhibited a significant four percent increase in their normal metabolic rates. This led the scientists to conclude that green tea diet has a major contributing factor in weight loss.

Another study conducted in China was designed to investigate further on green tea diet’s weight loss benefit. They decided that since green tea diet can significantly increase fat metabolism, then green tea diet probably would help lowering down cholesterol levels as well. Their hypothesis was proven when they introduced green tea diet on 240 people with mild to extremely high cholesterol levels. After only twelve weeks, they observed that those on a green tea diet dropped sixteen percent in their cholesterol levels.

Based on the above study, it can also be hypothesized that green tea diet can cure obesity. Green tea diet’s catechin polyphenols can delay the reaction of gastric and pancreatic lipases in the body. These enzymes are the ones responsible for storing calories into fats in the body. By delaying these enzymes, green tea diets can therefore lessen fat concentration and prevent obesity in people.

A truly remarkable beverage, green tea diet is used to improve the body’s health in many ways. Further studies were made on the benefits of green tea diets. The latest ones were able to prove that green tea diet can effectively protect the skin from damage due to ultraviolet light radiation. Green tea diet is also widely recognized as a substance that can protect against many different cancers such as stomach cancer, ovarian cancer, cancer of the colon, oral cancer, prostate cancer, and breast and cervical cancers.

Thursday, January 03, 2008

Green Tea Diet Supplement

Green tea diet supplements are all the latest rage in the weight loss industry today. With its countless health and weight loss benefits, green tea diet supplements are fast replacing ephedra as the leading weight loss product in the market.

So what makes green tea diet supplement different?

For one, green tea diet supplement provides its user with an organic alternative to losing weight. Taken from the Camellia sinensis plant, green tea diet supplement contains ingredients that are beneficial to the body.

Several studies have been made on the effects of green tea diet supplements. It has been shown that the green tea extract found in green tea diet supplements contains a high amount of polyphenols. These substances in green tea diet supplements are natural bioflavonoids that act on the harmful free radicals that are the major causes of aging and diseases. By destroying the free radicals, the polyphenols in green tea diet supplements thus helps protect you from aging and diseases.

Green tea diet supplements are also great appetite-suppressants. In fact, this attribute of green tea diet supplements is one of the main reasons why it was made into a diet supplement in the first place. Green tea diet supplements affect how the appetite hormone noradrenaline acts. By suppressing noradrenaline, green tea diet supplements help reduce the occurrence of hunger pangs and make sure that you do not take in more food than you actually need.

Green tea diet supplements are also known for their major fat-burning attributes. Green tea diet supplements contain a significant amount of caffeine that accounts for its reputation as a great metabolic rate enhancer. Studies have show time and time again that caffeine in green tea diet supplements can cause a four percent increase in the body’s total energy expenditure. But unlike other diet products, green tea diet supplements increase metabolic rates without necessarily affecting the person’s heart rate. This is due to the fact that green tea diet supplements contain less caffeine than the average caffeinated drink or caffeinated diet products like ephedra. This makes green tea diet supplement a safer, healthier choice.

Aside from burning calories and increasing metabolism, green tea diet supplements are also highly valued for their ability to lower down cholesterol levels in a person. The antioxidants found in green tea diet supplements targets the bad cholesterol found in the body and in the process help maintain the ration between LDL cholesterol and HDL cholesterol.

Green tea diet supplements contain substances that have great thermogenic effects on the body. Thermogenesis is the process by which the body converts fat and calories into heat energy. The process is usually occurs when polyphenols interact with other substances, causing heat to be released. With the high amount of polyphenols in green tea diet supplements, it is not avoidable that thermogenesis occurs.

A study on the thermogenic effects of green tea diet supplements was recently concluded at the University of Geneva. The scientists found that of the ten healthy young men that served as their experimental subjects, only those who were given green tea diet supplements showed an impressive four percent increase in their total 24-hour energy expenditure. From their findings, the researchers surmised that green tea diet supplements can promote weight loss.

Wednesday, January 02, 2008

My first post for 2008

Green Tea Diet

Obesity has become one of the major health issues in our society today. More than half of the American population is overweight or obese. As a result, diet and weight loss plans have become increasingly popular. But not all diet plans work. And not all of them are necessarily risk-free. A safer alternative for people wanting to lose weight are green tea diets.

About Green Tea

For thousands of years, green tea diet has been highly valued by the Chinese as an herbal and medicinal drink. It was believed that green tea diet was first discovered by the Chinese Emperor Shen Nung who was boiling water when the leaves of a nearby tree fell into his pot. The result was the first ever pot of green tea.

Like all three of the major Asian teas in the market, green tea comes from the plant called Carmellia sinensis. Much of the health benefits of green tea diets owe to the steaming method of making it. As opposed to black and oolong tea which undergoes full oxidization, green tea diet is only gently steamed, preserving the natural antioxidants in its original form.

The Health Benefits of Green Tea Diet

There are many health benefits associated with having a green tea diet. One of these green tea diet benefits is preventing cancer. Certain substances present in green tea diets are said to help in destroying cancer cells without harming any neighboring tissues. This substance in green tea diets is called epigallocatechin gallate or EGCG.

EGCG in green tea diets is also helpful in increasing the 24-hour energy expenditure of the body. A study on green tea diets conducted by American and Swiss scientists in the University of Geneva showed an additional increase of four percent in the body’s natural energy expenditure. People who were on a green tea diet were more likely to use up more fats than those not on a green tea diet.

Also, green tea diets are said to greatly help in lowering down cholesterol levels in humans. The study on green tea diets was conducted in China using 240 people with high cholesterol levels as subjects. These people were placed on a green tea diet of one capsule (equivalent to seven cups of green tea) or were given one placebo every day. After twelve weeks, those who were on a green tea diet dropped sixteen percent in their cholesterol levels.

Green tea diets can also be a potential cure to obesity. The catechin polyphenols present in green tea diets can delay the reaction of gastric and pancreatic lipases in the body. These enzymes are responsible for converting calories in the body into fats. By delaying these enzymes, green tea diets can therefore stop fat from being stored and prevent obesity in people.

Green tea diets contain substantial amount of caffeine that make it a mild appetite-suppressant. However, caffeine content in green tea diets is not as high as those found in other caffeine-based beverages, like coffee. Caffeine may be harmful for the body since an excess of it can cause heart palpitations, hypertension, and insomnia. Because green tea diets contain only very low levels of caffeine, there is no danger of experiencing these side-effects.

Tuesday, January 01, 2008

Nature’s Bounty Super Green Tea Diet

Legend states that the person who first discovered the countless benefits of green tea was the Chinese Emperor Shen Nung. It is said that the emperor was trying to boil some water when leaves from a nearby plant fell into his cauldron. The result was a highly aromatic and beneficial herbal drink that became known as green tea.

For 4,000 years, green tea was a staple drink among Asians. When the beverage finally made its grand crossover in the Western shores, it was found that green tea holds even more benefits for its drinkers.

Nature’s Bounty, America’s largest manufacturer of quality vitamins, minerals, food supplements, health and beauty aids, was among those who took advantage of the recently discovered weight loss benefits of green tea. They called their product Super Green Tea Diet, a fitting title for a truly super health drink.

Super Green Tea Diet is diet and workout all in one capsule. Super Green Tea Diet helps burn calories by promoting sugar and fat metabolism. Studies show that the catechin polyphenols found in super green tea diet supplements react with other antioxidants to promote thermogenesis, which is responsible for burning body-fat and increasing metabolism.

Similarly, the antioxidants found in super green tea diet supplements inhibit the production of insulin, the hormone that stores calories into fats. With the action of super green tea diet supplements to suppress insulin, fats are readily made available, turning them into pure energy for the muscles.

Super Green Tea Diet is ephedra-free. This harmful substance contained in most dietary supplements has been known to be the cause of two deaths reported to the FDA. With Super Green Tea Diet, you lose weight and at the same time, keep yourself safe from the harmful effects of ephedra.

Super Green Tea Diet also contains green tea extract and Chromium which is a major contributor in increasing fat and sugar metabolism. This action of Super Green Tea Diet leads to faster fat-burning and faster weight loss.

Super Green Tea Diet gives you the “extra push” you need to get your weight loss goals into action. Super Green Tea Diet combines all-natural ingredients to help you achieve the body you’ve always wanted. Uva Ursi in Super Green Tea Diet has diuretic properties that help you maintain fluid balance in your body. Vitamin B-6, Ginger, and Guarana make Super Green Tea Diet a great source of energy, perfect for those enrolled in workout regimens. Super Green Tea Diet also contains Ginger Zingiber officinale (root) and Bladderwack Extract Fucus vesiculosus (herb).

Super Green Tea Diet is a diet pill that really works. According to some online product reviews, you could lose up to ten pounds in a month when you use Super Green Tea Diet. Taking one Super Green Tea Diet pill after two meals with a full glass of water should do the trick for you. So drink Super Green Tea Diet and start shedding fats.

Super Green Tea Diet works ideally with a workout or diet plan. This is a provision afforded to you for free because the Super Green Tea Diet includes a specially formulated diet plan enclosed in the box.