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Many of us are on a quest to lose weight. According to polls,

approximately 40 percent of all women are on a diet at any given

time. Yet, overweight and obesity continue to be one of our

nation's leading health problems.

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Use Green Tea As Part Of Your Weight Loss Efforts

Copyright © 2007 Marcus Stout

Golden Moon Tea

http://www.GoldenMoonTea.com

Many of us are on a quest to lose weight. According to polls,

approximately 40% of all women are on a diet at any given time.

Yet, overweight and obesity continue to be one of our nation's

leading health problems. Consider these statistics:

* 58 Million Americans are overweight; 40 Million are Obese; 3

Million are morbidly Obese

* Eight out of 10 people over the age of 25 are overweight

* 78% of Americans don't meet basic activity level

recommendations

* 25% are completely sedentary

Being overweight is more than just a vanity issue, too. There are

serious health risks related to being overweight. And, the higher

your weight climbs, the more health complications you're at risk

for. Some of the most serious weight related health risks

include:

* Type II Diabetes

* Heart Disease

* High Blood Pressure

* Cancer

To maintain your health, it's critical to get your weight under

control. We all know that diet and exercise are the key

components of weight loss and maintenance, but many of us have

become discouraged because we have tried and failed many times.

So, rather than following the same diet steps that failed you

before, why not try a new approach this time? There are many

things we know today about dieting that we didn't know years

ago. Here are some ways you can make weight loss and maintenance

come more automatically, so that you can keep the weight off for

good.

Exercise Right

We all know that exercise is important to weight loss. However,

many of us think of exercise in terms of simply burning calories.

And, while aerobic exercise is important for burning fat and

calories and for helping maintain a healthy heart; we now know

that weight training is just as important.

In addition to spending 30 minutes doing aerobic exercise most

days of the week, you should also add weight training to your

exercise plan. It doesn't take hours; 3 20 minute sessions a

week is enough for most people. Weight training helps build

muscle. This is important because muscle burns more calories,

even at rest, than fat. So, if you can increase the amount of

lean muscle in your body, you'll speed up your metabolism,

burning more calories every day- even when you're not

exercising. This is a critical part of weight loss and weight

maintenance. Many of us work hard to reduce the amount of

calories we ingest when we really should be working harder to

increase the number of calories we burn. Significant calorie

restriction doesn't work well over the long term, so we

shouldn't make it the core of our weight management program.

Watch What You Eat

For years we've been programmed to watch how much we eat.

However, it's more important to concentrate on eating the right

foods than it is to simply cut calories. Here are some

substitutes you can make that will help you lose weight without

feeling hungry.

Cut out white flour and replace with whole grains – White flour

is processed by the body just like sugar, so for many of us it

packs on the pounds. Eating 100% whole grain breads and pasta

instead of those made with white flour will help you lose weight.

In addition, you'll be adding fiber to your diet, which is good

for your overall health.

Cut out processed foods – You can speed weight loss by eating

unprocessed foods. In particular, foods containing anything

" hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated " are enemies of weight

loss and heart disease. Another villain to watch out for is " high

fructose corn syrup " . This is a sort of artificial " super sugar "

that really puts on pounds. These ingredients are used by food

manufacturers to increase shelf life, but they are very bad for

our bodies. By buying natural unprocessed foods like fresh fruits

and vegetables and fresh meats, you can eat in a way that's more

healthy overall as well as helpful to weight loss.

Watch the Sugar – Sugar also makes it easy to gain weight. Many

people have no idea how many calories they consume through

sweetened beverages like sodas. Even juice has a lot of calories

from sugar. And, while juice is healthy and contains vitamins,

you'd be far better off getting those vitamins from a piece of

fresh fruit instead of a glass of juice. You get more fiber and

less sugar.

Add foods that help burn calories

It's just as important to eat foods that speed calorie burning

as it is to cut out foods that put on weight. Here are some

things to add to your diet to help speed weight loss.

Green tea – Replace those sodas (even if they're diet) with

green tea. Green tea is full of anti-oxidants, which can help you

stay healthy overall. Green tea has been shown to prevent serious

illnesses like heart disease and cancer when it's part of your

regular diet. In addition, green tea's combination of

anti-oxidants and caffeine speed up the metabolism in a way that

other caffeinated beverages cannot. Research has shown that

people who drink green tea burn more calories in a day than those

who do not consume it. Green tea is available in many forms,

including bottled varieties for convenience.

Raw vegetables - Most raw vegetables require more calories to

digest than they actually contain. So, munching on celery,

carrots and broccoli will actually burn calories.

Cinnamon and hot peppers – Both of these spices are known to

speed up the metabolism. Add a sprinkle of cinnamon to your

coffee or tea, and add hot pepper to meals.

Making simple changes in your lifestyle and diet that you can

maintain for the long run are important steps to weight

management. This time around, spend less time worrying about how

much you eat and more time consuming the foods that can help you

lose weight automatically.

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Marcus Stout is President of the Golden Moon

Tea Company. For more information about tea,

(http://www.goldenmoontea.com/greentea)

green tea (http://www.goldenmoontea.com/blacktea)

and black tea go to http://www.goldenmoontea.com