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Anonymous
>>135945
Seconded. I used to be addicted as hell to "liquid candy" like soda and juice, but I started drinking more water (at first, it was actually for vanity reasons because drinking lots of water is great for your complexion) and drinking about a 25 ounce bottle of water in between meals to keep me full. It IS tough for a few weeks to give up the sugary drinks, but after you hit a certain point, you don't miss them at all and when you try to go back to them, they are just repulsively sweet and sodas are too bubbly.
I used to have the odd diet soda, but I've even kicked those completely as I both lost the taste for it and began fearing the damage acidic drinks like soda can do to tooth enamel (sugar is NOT the main reason soda is bad for your teeth). PLUS, if you just buy a tap water filter for your sink, you save a lot of money that you'd otherwise spend on other drinks. I do recommend keeping stuff like milk in your diet, though, but I can't drink it due to lactose intolerance. And just stick with fruits and such for your vitamin C, you can get by just fine without juice. Another tip is to not drink DURING meals, because the habit of enjoying sweet beverages seems to come from the want to compliment your food with the drink during meals. Water doesn't compliment stuff that well, so just hold off on drinking until you're finished eating.
>>135974
It does have many antioxidants and it does help boost your metabolism, which is why green tea is used in many overpriced diet pills. You can get the same benefits from white and black tea (white is more popular in Asia, black is a UK thing mostly) as well as herbal teas like chamomile. But don't forget that just plain old water is naturally effective at helping to break down fats, as well as burn them off as water is required to create the chemical reactions involved in combusting stored fat as energy.
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