Anything wrong with using caffeine as an appetite suppresant?

On Wed, 01 Sep 2004 01:47:25 GMT, "John E"
wrote:

So to those drinking green tea on Atkins - does it help boost your weight
loss?

University and lab studies around the world suggest that green tea
enhances your metabolism without elevating your heart rate hence
it assists in weight loss.

Here is one quote:

"Green tea has thermogenic properties and promotes fat oxidation beyond that
explained by its caffeine content per se,"

Got it from this article detailed article:

http://my.webmd.com/content/article/...condition=Home
_&_Top_Stories

Based on an article she read in some magazine, my wife makes a gallon
of green tea with a tablespoon of lemon juice and a little splenda.
She drinks it iced three times a day. She also takes a calcium
supplement as recommened by the magazine article. It appears to be
working for her. She's been losing and average of 2 lbs. a week.

Green tea is a super-food! It's just amazing how healthy this stuff
is for you. Unfortunately, I can't drink it (either brewed, or Nestle
Ice Tea) :-( Can't stand the taste. It's just not my...
cup of tea :-) I do take the supplement though.



On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 00:44:13 GMT, "John E"
wrote:

I am on low carb diet and I drink lots of green tea (sometimes black)
Both are very helpful healthwise regarding blood pressure, chollestrol,
cancer prevention, ..etc. Here is a link in that details the great
benefits of tea despite the caffine contents:

http://green-tea-benefit.com/

Atkins.com claims caffine can make you crave sugar because it
drops your blood sugar level. So they recommend avoiding it.

I havn't had any problems intaking 5 cups of green tea daily (2 with
my breakfast).

I'd avoid coffee.

J

"£ Î Z @ R Ð" wrote in message ...
Caffeine has been very helpful in my weight loss. I'll usually go to
Starbucks and get a four-shot venti iced breve latte after lunch. The
caffeine will pretty much keep me satiated for the rest of the day. Come
time for dinner, I'm not REAL hungry, so I'll eat a small portion and be
fine.

Coffee with heavy cream (my usual morning drink) can reduce appetite.
Sometimes this is a blessing and sometimes it's not. When it's a
blessing, it's because I often wake up with screaming blood sugar
"hangover" headaches, particularly if I do not keep my carbs well
controlled. The cup staves that off long enough for me to cook
something or go somewhere to eat.

However, one should *always* eat breakfast, and sometimes coffee keeps
me from having the motivation to make breakfast for myself. [Although
often all I have for breakfast is the leftover meat in the fridge...]
I find I lose weight faster sticking to about 30g/carbs, but eating
all the meals I am supposed to eat. When I skip meals, I stop losing
weight.

"£ Î Z @ R Ð" wrote in message ...
Caffeine has been very helpful in my weight loss. I'll usually go to
Starbucks and get a four-shot venti iced breve latte after lunch. The
caffeine will pretty much keep me satiated for the rest of the day. Come
time for dinner, I'm not REAL hungry, so I'll eat a small portion and be
fine.

Coffee with heavy cream (my usual morning drink) can reduce appetite.
Sometimes this is a blessing and sometimes it's not. When it's a
blessing, it's because I often wake up with screaming blood sugar
"hangover" headaches, particularly if I do not keep my carbs well
controlled. The cup staves that off long enough for me to cook
something or go somewhere to eat.

However, one should *always* eat breakfast, and sometimes coffee keeps
me from having the motivation to make breakfast for myself. [Although
often all I have for breakfast is the leftover meat in the fridge...]
I find I lose weight faster sticking to about 30g/carbs, but eating
all the meals I am supposed to eat. When I skip meals, I stop losing
weight.

The history of dieting is replete with detrutus of "diet aids" that
give great hopes, sell books, make one lose 3-4 lbs and stop working.
Grapefruits, drinking water, etc etc, and your coffee, may belong to
this category.


Course. They might all have diuretic properties. It may work for the
temporary diuretic effect but doesn't help fat loss.

The history of dieting is replete with detrutus of "diet aids" that
give great hopes, sell books, make one lose 3-4 lbs and stop working.
Grapefruits, drinking water, etc etc, and your coffee, may belong to
this category.


Course. They might all have diuretic properties. It may work for the
temporary diuretic effect but doesn't help fat loss.

The history of dieting is replete with detrutus of "diet aids" that
give great hopes, sell books, make one lose 3-4 lbs and stop working.
Grapefruits, drinking water, etc etc, and your coffee, may belong to
this category.


Course. They might all have diuretic properties. It may work for the
temporary diuretic effect but doesn't help fat loss.