In recent studies, consuming green tea on a daily basis has shown to promote weight-loss. Now that doesn't mean if you drink 10 glasses of green tea a day, you'll be 100lbs lighter by the end of the week. It doesn't happen like that. Burning fat and losing weight takes a multitude of factors towards reaching your goals. These factors include your exercise routine, diet, sleeping patterns, etc etc. All these factors come together, but within this article I will tell you how green tea can be beneficial towards your weight-loss goals and also tell you why it should be included in your diet.

If you're a big tea drinker like myself, you should know that green tea has several fat and caloric burning characteristics. With these characteristics, green tea contains the following compounds: Theanine, Catechins, Flavonoids, and Tannins. All of which contain anti-oxidant and medicinal properties. These anti-oxidant properties are able to prevent certain cancers. Green tea also contains epigallocatechin gallate (ECCG). You may have seen the abbreviation ECCG on a few bottled products, and if you've been wondering what it is...Basically ECCG has been known to act as an appetite suppressant. With this, it'll help you crave less for certain foods you desire most and help you lose weight at the same time. The consumption of green tea will also speed up your metabolic rate for burning calories. And as some of you may know, the more calories that are burned the better! Green tea is also known to burn a certain harmful fat called visceral fat which is linked to diabetes.

There's also a group of polyphenols called Catechins that green tea extract contains. The ingesting of Catechins will help lower body fat and also decrease cholesterol levels. In scientific studies, it's been researched that the consumption of green tea will actually prevent from fat cells enlarging and multiplying. Thus, another reason why you should drink green tea. And as another weight-loss benefit, one cup of green tea usually only contains about four calories and is a great alternative to coffee as green tea also contains caffeine. From time to time, try to slow down on the coffee intake and replace it with a cup of tea. A cup of green tea will have more healthy benefits from consumption compared to coffee. As coffee will contain an unnecessary amount of sugars and calories that will only slow down your progression of losing weight.

As you've read, green tea has proven itself to have many weight-loss characteristics and as well as a couple other health benefits. If you're wanting to start drinking more green tea, I would recommend you brewing it yourself. Because I have yet to find a bottled product that does not contain a high amount of high fructose corn syrup (HFCS). And by brewing it yourself, you can avoid consuming an unnecessary amount of sugars. Thank you for giving the time to read this article, and I hope you take it highly into consideration of including green tea to your diet!

By: Brian I Park
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You've heard about the good fats and the bad fats, saturated fats and unsaturated fats. Can't keep them straight, between what you're supposed to eat and what you can? Unfortunately, many people who are dieting eliminate all fats altogether, which is as unhealthy as what they were previously putting into their body.

We're here to help you make sense of one variety - the Omega-3 fatty acids, which offer immeasurable health benefits. Doctors and scientists are still only scratching the surface of the power of Omega-3. Including more of this essential nutrient in your diet will award you better health. Omega-3 Fatty Acids are a type of polyunsaturated fatty acids. Unsaturated fats are the healthy kind of fat that should be part of your regular diet.

Many of those who suffer from inflammation due to their arthritis, asthma, allergies or a number of other diseases have reaped the benefit of Omega-3 fatty acids, a known anti-inflammatory.

Scientists and doctors are finding new uses for Omega-3 all the time. The American Heart Association recommends eating fatty fish at least twice a week because of the benefits of Omega-3 fatty acids for cardiovascular disease. Ongoing research points that Omega-3 may help combat autism, low birth rate and psychological disorders, to name a few.

Other areas of study on the effects of Omega-3 include, but are not limited to:

Diabetes, Menstrual cramps, Asthma, Burns, and High cholesterol

Unfortunately our Western diet just doesn't include enough of this essential nutrient. Good sources of this essential fatty acid come primarily from certain kinds of seafood, like salmon, albacore tuna, herring and shellfish. Flax is the next best source of Omega-3, an alternative for vegetarians. While our body can convert flax into these types of acid, seafood is recommended over it. Since scientists and doctors have praised the fatty acid, many different types of foods are now enriched with Omega-3, from bread to yogurt to baby food, to just name a few. Again, while they do contain the nutrient, it's best to take it straight from the source.

It is advisable to talk to your physician before taking any supplement.

By: Andrew Wroblewski
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A group gym exercise method in which endurance exercises (those that increase endurance and stamina) are combined with strength exercises (those that develop the size and strength of skeletal muscles) is known as circuit training.

In circuit training, stations are positioned around the facility, with each one focusing on a different exercise -- sit-ups, pushups, resistance training, weight training, and others. Participating individuals are assigned to each station for mini-workouts of 8-20 repetitions each, and rotate to the next station with little or no rest in between those 15-45 second turns.

This goes on until all stations have been tackled by a participant (one complete circuit) or until a pre-specified time period.

The program may consist of exercise machines, calisthenics, elastic resistance, hand-held weights, or a combination of any of these. Between each station, a 30-second to 3-minute aerobics workout is squeezed in to improve the participant's cardiorespiratory endurance.

This program was developed in 1953 by G.T. Anderson and R.E. Morgan in London and originally comprised 9-12 stations. Today, any number of stations can be employed, according to the circuit's design.

This type of workout is preferred by those who want to get an intensive strength and resistance training because the in-between rests are eliminated to take the participant to her maximum target heart rate as well as her maximum physical effort.

Others turn to circuit training simply for the variety.

If you've been solely on the treadmill for months, or have never tried anything other than the stepper, then circuit training can definitely keep you from getting bored with exercising.

Dr. Len Kravitz, a researcher at the University of Mexico and Program Coordinator of Exercise Science, believes that "variety" of the stimulus to muscle is important, and that if these stimuli are not regularly changed, the benefits gained in muscular or strength endurance will eventually plateau.

What are the advantages of circuit training?

Circuit training is flexible.If you've got time constraints, a total-body workout can be finished in roughly 10 minutes. If more time is available, you can finish up to four circuits, which would total about 45 minutes.

Circuit training is challenging and can be psychologically rewarding.A study on unfit female college students concluded that those who were involved in circuit training improved in several aspects of body image more than those who only trained aerobically (Anshel, et al., Journal of Sport Behavior, 2006).
Circuit training involves a very quick pace that is great for fat-burning.

Circuit training can be fashioned to whatever fitness level you're at -- whether you're an expert or beginner, you can work out at an intensity that suits you.

Circuit training can be done either at your home or in the gym.

By: M Jamal
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