green tea!

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  • kimberliiw
    kimberliiw Posts: 242 Member
    Like green tea. Loved the whimsical exchange between a fellow American and a proper Brit. Thanks to both of you. :happy:
  • blues4miles
    blues4miles Posts: 1,481 Member
    However, Sid Meir did much for rehabilitating the idea of "Civilization" - a certain favourite among computer-gamers of a certain flavour of gaming-genre.

    Yes we should be spending more time talking about Sid Meier's civilization. For me personally it can be a very effective weight loss tool. Much in the same way I'm guessing green tea is a magical weight loss tool to many others. To each their own I suppose.

    Hangry?

    No. I guess how sarcasm doesn't come across well, being genuine doesn't either. I meant it was a good game. And sometimes I forget to eat while I spend hours playing it.
  • jofjltncb6
    jofjltncb6 Posts: 34,415 Member
    However, Sid Meir did much for rehabilitating the idea of "Civilization" - a certain favourite among computer-gamers of a certain flavour of gaming-genre.

    Yes we should be spending more time talking about Sid Meier's civilization. For me personally it can be a very effective weight loss tool. Much in the same way I'm guessing green tea is a magical weight loss tool to many others. To each their own I suppose.

    Hangry?

    No. I guess how sarcasm doesn't come across well, being genuine doesn't either. I meant it was a good game. And sometimes I forget to eat while I spend hours playing it.

    Is true...about the sarcasm/sincerity thing *and* Civilation being a good game.

    And how some people almost always assume a post is serious and miss the sarcasm? I'm just the opposite...I assume everything is sarcastic.
  • hughtwalker
    hughtwalker Posts: 2,213 Member
    1. There seems to be a consensus for Green Tea being a good thing, if not necessarily a Magic Bullet nor necessarily for what it contains as much as for what it doesn't have that other beverages include that bump up their calories.
    Whatever, if it works then don't knock it - but do use a whitening toothpaste 'cos it stains.

    2. "*and* Civilation" - this is, of course, diplomacy of international proportions.

    3. regarding gaming, I apologise to those who object to diverting the mood from the seriousness of the advocacy of Green Tea but Sid Meir's "Civilization" is the best known example over here of spelling the word without an S.

    However, exercise is part of the brief of this forum and lateral thinking do broaden the mind most wondrously and, anyway,
    "What is this life if, full of care,
    We have no time to stand and stare.
    No time to stand beneath the boughs.
    And stare as long as sheep or cows. No time to see"?

    4. One is led to not expect irony from an American. Perchance this is a stereotypical over-generaliSation.
  • hughtwalker
    hughtwalker Posts: 2,213 Member
    i really don't understand oz's hun :D how many cups a day?

    .......

    It seems that " oz " is used in US to indicate fluid measure, i.e. " fl. oz. " and that a US pint contains 16 [whereas ours have 20 fl. oz. but we haven't used them for years, preferring pints and/or litres] and an American Cup cooking measure is 8 fl. oz. so when an American says they drink "16 oz." it means they have 2 cups - er - I think.
  • TheVimFuego
    TheVimFuego Posts: 2,412 Member
    Oh yeah, Green Tea has magical properties. You can eat anything you want, whenever you want; as long as you're drinking Green Tea you will lose weight.

    I think you are confusing it with bacon.

    I went through the green tea thing a while back, I was chugging it back religiously, then I read how much you'd need to drink to have a meaningful effect (lots). I even had some green tea supplements at one point. Lord knows if it helped.

    Sorry, not much help, I just needed to get a bacon reference in ;)
  • pixietoes
    pixietoes Posts: 1,591 Member
    Oh yeah, Green Tea has magical properties. You can eat anything you want, whenever you want; as long as you're drinking Green Tea you will lose weight.

    I think you are confusing it with bacon.

    I went through the green tea thing a while back, I was chugging it back religiously, then I read how much you'd need to drink to have a meaningful effect (lots). I even had some green tea supplements at one point. Lord knows if it helped.

    Sorry, not much help, I just needed to get a bacon reference in ;)

    LOL, bacon does have many benefits, especially to southerners. However, I am looking for a hot drink that could step up for me. I am a great coffee lover but I won't drink it without cream so I have decided to give it up for the rest of the year. The ice water which I love to drink will be less charming as the weather is changing so I am looking for another way to keep getting fluids. I'm looking forward to trying the green tea.

    (Bacon will be a reward to myself on Christmas morning... I'm looking forward to it.)
  • sadyel
    sadyel Posts: 250
    Iv read about some one dieting and when they started drinking green tea along with their original diet they lost nearly twice as much weight a month. Iv just posted a similar post about green tea and acai berry to see if any one was losing weight having that
  • Lrdoflamancha
    Lrdoflamancha Posts: 1,280 Member
    I drink on average 48 oz of green tea everyday. According to a study recently completed green might help boost you metabolism very short term but will have no long term effects. Damn.... Oh well I like it and will keep drinking it.
  • sadyel
    sadyel Posts: 250
    http://www.squidoo.com/what-are-the-health-benefits-of-drinking-green-tea

    one of the benefits says: It is used in raising metabolism and increasing fat oxidation
  • hughtwalker
    hughtwalker Posts: 2,213 Member
    This what my friend Google tells me:

    "The secret of green tea lies in the fact it is rich in catechin polyphenols, particularly epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG). EGCG is a powerful anti-oxidant: besides inhibiting the growth of cancer cells, it kills cancer cells without harming healthy tissue. It has also been effective in lowering LDL cholesterol levels, and inhibiting the abnormal formation of blood clots..."

    so know you know.

    My partner is Vietnamese and she says to put 2 to 4 grams of tea in a pot, fill a kettle with cold water and boil - let it stand for 3 minutes (urrrrgh - terribly unBritish) - pour onto the leaves and set it stand for 3 minutes. Then let it cool for a couple of minutes ,drink and savour the aroma.

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