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05-14-2006, 08:44 AM
|  | I love bulldogs! | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Berlin, Germany
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| | | green tea
Has green tea helped you lose weight? I think it definitely speeds up my metabolism! |
05-14-2006, 02:09 PM
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| | | I'm not sure if it's helped me lose weight but it does freshen me up and rejuvenate in a way.
Tit's good. |
05-14-2006, 05:08 PM
|  | still blackstrap | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Liverpool
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| | | i drink about 1.5 litres of green tea most days. love the stuff.
i think its been proven to have an effect on the way your body metabolises fat, but im skinny and dont want to lose any more weight, so i just drink it
because i like it, and it helps to up my water intake when i want a warm drink.
it is now (so ive read) recommended by doctors to people who have had heart attacks/have heart disease as it helps to break down the fat around the organs. |
05-14-2006, 05:42 PM
|  | dazed and broken | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Yorkshire
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Originally Posted by blackstrap
it is now (so ive read) recommended by doctors to people who have had heart attacks/have heart disease as it helps to break down the fat around the organs.
| I've heard this. Isn't it full of antioxidants and other brill stuff? |
05-15-2006, 02:02 AM
|  | Cherry Kookoo | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: inside glammy's head
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| | | Just remember that green tea stops the body from absorbing iron, so check your levels and dont' drink too much. |
05-15-2006, 02:27 AM
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Originally Posted by recalcitrant Just remember that green tea stops the body from absorbing iron, so check your levels and dont' drink too much. | Really?
Iron supplements here I come.. |
05-15-2006, 02:53 AM
|  | thrillho | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Positively 4th Street
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| | | I have a hard enough time getting iron to begin with, now my tea addiction is screwing with my bodies ability to absorb it?
Figures.
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05-15-2006, 03:13 AM
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Originally Posted by recalcitrant Just remember that green tea stops the body from absorbing iron, so check your levels and dont' drink too much. | Shit, I didn't know that. I like green tea and I used to have a lot of it. I don't think it had much impact on my metabolism though, unfortunately. |
05-15-2006, 04:10 AM
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Originally Posted by recalcitrant Just remember that green tea stops the body from absorbing iron, so check your levels and dont' drink too much. | bugger maybe thats why im still anaemic after iron tablets 
i drink it all day at work. hey come over and ill make you a green tea latte. |
05-15-2006, 09:10 AM
|  | Clap Clap Clap | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Alison "VV" Mosshart
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| | I love green tea  |
05-15-2006, 09:13 AM
|  | myspace/littlemasochist | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Northern Ireland
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| | | When I have a craving for something sweet, green tea totally satisfies it, so I'm not eating as much chocolate/sweets as I used to. Guess it can help you lose weight! |
05-15-2006, 09:19 AM
|  | no lust in this coma | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Edinburgh
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| | | I hate the taste of it - maybe I'm brewing it too long? I just find it bitter and horrible...
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05-15-2006, 09:30 AM
| | I love bulldogs! | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Berlin, Germany
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| | | I love green tea with apple and gingko flavour! |
05-15-2006, 12:02 PM
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| | | This thread inspired me to try a Starbuck's Green Tea Frappucino for the first time. It was totally sugar/calorie laden, but good.. it's a mix between green tea and melon.. pretty yum. |
05-15-2006, 12:13 PM
|  | Theresa | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Meet me at the Vic
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| | | Lipton makes a citrus flavored diet green tea. It tastes pretty good and not bitter. |
05-15-2006, 01:53 PM
|  | I collect apple stickers | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: the land of the prince bishops/edinburgh
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| | | I've become dependant sinse my doctor told me to stop drinking coffee, its my hot drink fix. |
05-15-2006, 02:39 PM
| | still blackstrap | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Liverpool
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Originally Posted by recalcitrant Just remember that green tea stops the body from absorbing iron, so check your levels and dont' drink too much. | how does this happen then? I think I'll just google it actually, I never knew about that. |
05-15-2006, 02:44 PM
| | still blackstrap | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Liverpool
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| | | re: iron absorption
source: 'The World's Healthiest Foods' http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?t...spice&dbid=146 Green Tea and Iron Absorption
Due to their high tannin-content, teas, including green tea, have been shown to prevent iron absorption. While this effect is helpful in persons with too much iron, consuming several cups of green tea daily may not be a good idea for persons deficient in iron or susceptible to iron deficiency.
I think I may have to cut down now! I dont eat a lot of meat, and get dizzy spells that could be down to a lack of iron.
Thanks to recalcitrant for pointing this out.
The website this was posted on goes into detail about the health benefits of green tea as well, its interesting reading. |
05-15-2006, 02:46 PM
| | in flights of fancy. | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Ottawa
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| | | I had no clue green tea absorbs iron...I have a considerable iron defiancy and I drink at least one cup to two cups of green tea a day... |
05-15-2006, 02:51 PM
| | dazed and broken | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Yorkshire
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| | | Yeah, that and...grapefruit juice? Something weird, anyway, you're not supposed to take your supplements with them. I only know because my mum's taken iron tablets for years and my auntie, who's a doctor, basically laughed at her when she realised she was taking them with a cup of tea. | | Thread Tools | | | | Display Modes |  Linear Mode | 
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