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It looks like my slimming down over these few months could have been a result of drinking green tea almost every other day. I had initially thought that my weight loss was due to eating pineapples but it may not be entirely due to that.

Many of you are probably aware that green tea is particularly rich in a type of polyphenols called catechins and it is these catechins that researchers say may trigger weight loss by stimulating the body to burn calories and decreasing body fat.

I was planning to post something else today but changed my mind when I received this in my email inbox from Leon of Beauty Secrets Revealed:

By the way, I would like to thank you for recommending milk for PMS, you won’t believe how quickly I am losing my belly fat, I guess its because of milk. The only new thing I added to my diet in the past one month is milk so I am pretty sure its milk.

I’ve been eating quite a bit of watermelon these days, thanks to my husband who introduced the fruit into our daily diet. And I found out that watermelon is considered a super beauty food because it is nutritious and can combat free radicals with its high antioxidants as well as vitamins. The flesh contains vitamins A, B6 and C; the seeds contain selenium, essential fats, zinc and vitamin C, all of which help against free radical damage and aging.