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Free Weight Loss Tips: Losing Weight Intuitively

free weight loss tipsToday I have a free weight loss tips for you. If you have ever dieted or attempted to lose weight without dieting, you know that it’s a complex process that involves much more than the food you eat. Improving your eating and exercise habits really involves a fair amount of intuition, doesn’t it? That’s because not every plan is right for every person. If you just blindly follow what everyone else is doing, there is no guarantee that your results will be as good as theirs.

Intuition comes into play right from the moment you decide to start a weight loss plan. You know that it’s time for a change, and you probably also have an idea about the type of plan that would be right for you. If not, you begin the search, and before long you stumble across something that seems to resonate with you.

Even after you have started the plan, you may decide to modify it here and there, based on an intuitive “knowing” that not all aspects of the plan are right for you.

Here’s where the problem arises: you may not be tuned into your intuition enough to recognize it when it’s trying to tell you something. If that happens, you can flounder about for a long time, trying dozens of different plans, and seeing success with none of them.

If this has happened to you, or is still happening, you can begin heightening your intuition with these steps. Here are 3 free weight loss tips for you: Read the rest of this entry

Possible Side Effects from Too Much Green Tea

green tea side effectsGreen tea is becoming a popular drink to enhance weight loss and improve general health, but as with all herbal supplements, caution is warranted. Unless you are following a doctor’s orders, you may be unsure about the correct dosage of supplements, and green tea is no exception.

Just how much green tea is safe to take, and are there any possible side effects from taking too much of it?

It’s definitely possible to overdo it with supplements, no matter what they are – and the same goes for tea that you drink. The first and most obvious side effect of too much green tea is caused by ingesting high levels of caffeine.

Green tea contains less caffeine than coffee, but it’s still easy to ingest too much and pay the price. Unpleasant side effects of too much caffeine include: rapid heartbeat, irregular heartbeat, restlessness, irritability, jitters, headaches, vomiting and diarrhea.

Other than caffeine overload, there are a few other side effects from drinking too much green tea.

One of the more common is nausea. The tannins in green tea have been known to irritate the stomach lining and colon, especially if the tea has been steeped for too long. Steeping green tea for longer than 1 to 3 minutes will make it taste bitter and increase the likelihood of stomach upset. Drinking green tea on an empty stomach can also cause nausea, so you may want to drink it with a small snack.

Pregnant women are often advised to avoid green tea, partly because of the caffeine content, but also because of the risks of neural tube defects in babies. Both caffeine and EGCG (epigallocatechin gallate – the antioxidant found in green tea) are suspect contributors to neural tube defects, so it’s best to avoid green tea and other caffeinated drinks during pregnancy just to be on the safe side.

Finally, doctors often advise their patients to avoid green tea if they are taking blood thinning medication, and for several days before surgery, as green tea has a thinning effect on the blood and helps prevent the formation of blood clots.

Other than these known dangers, green tea should be safe to drink for most other people provided they don’t overdo it.

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