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Drinking Tea Helps Weight Loss, Study Shows

Mar 28th 2011 – 11:34AM
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Forget the latest diet and exercise trends. The secret to burning fat might be as simple as sitting down with a nice cup of tea. Tea contains high levels of compounds that combat the absorption of fat, Japanese scientists have found. These compounds, called theaflavins and thearubigins, stopped weight gain when given to...

Drinking Alcohol May Help Women Stay Thin

By David KnowlesMar 8th 2010 – 7:02PM
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(March 8) -- Women around the world are lifting their glasses to the news: Moderate drinking may help keep the pounds off. That finding comes from a new study published in the March 8 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine. Researchers followed 22,000 women ages 39 or older for 13 years, tracking their weight gain and...

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Background on losing weight

Weight loss, in the context of medicine, health or physical fitness, is a reduction of the total body mass, due to a mean loss of fluid, body fat or adipose tissue and/or lean mass, namely bone mineral deposits, muscle, tendon and other connective tissue.

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