How Can I Speed Up My Metabolism?

Green Tea Helps Fasting Dr. Jason Fung Medium

Are you willing to shed off some weight without exercise or dieting? Once the staple way of eating for Gwyneth Paltrow (before she launched her cookbooks), this just-about-vegetarian diet nixes meat, dairy, eggs, processed foods, and added sugar. What's allowed? Piles of whole grains, veggies, legumes, and soy (fruit, fish, and nuts are "occasional" foods). One supposed benefit is warding off diseases, like cancer, but the jury is still out Healthy? Yes. Will you lose weight? Probably. Too restrictive? Double yes. While it's not a crash diet, this one's hard to follow in real life and offers no wiggle room for the occasional treat.

Drinking green tea might fend of the sniffles this winter. In a randomized controlled trial, 32% fewer participants taking green tea extract developed cold or flu symptoms compared to a placebo control group (Rowe et al., 2006). The exact mechanisms behind this effect are unknown, but they could be related to the vitamin C content in green tea.

Any diet can work—as long as you're consistent and able to stick with it. The people who can benefit from this type of alternate-day fasting are those who would rather feel like they aren't restricting food intake 3.5 days out of the week," Men's Health nutrition advisor, Alan Aragon, M.S. told us That means you find it hard to stick to a diet all the time, and you'd like the flexibility that feast days can give you.