Wu Long Tea

> Try it. Take a control group drinking sugary sodas, and a test group
> drinking oolong tea, and I bet a dollar that you see a difference between
> the two groups.
> --scott

Sure, I'd bet there would be a difference too, but you're either
masking or leaving out quite a few variables in such an experiment.
First of all, sodas have hundreds of calories, tea doesn't (or has
very few, anyway). Also, tea and sodas have dramatically different
amounts of other ingredients, which could also effect weight loss/
gain.

A better experiment would be to have one group drink tea and one group
drink water. This way, only one variable is changed: the ingredients
(besides water) that one drinks in tea. I seriously doubt you will
see much difference in weight loss between the groups, assuming they
have similar lifestyles, exercise routines, diets, etc.

On Apr 4, 9:34 am, klu...@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) wrote:
> In article <1175644191.748325.148...@l77g2000hsb. .com>,
>
> <teanerdb...@> wrote:
> >> Try it. Take a control group drinking sugary sodas, and a test group
> >> drinking oolong tea, and I bet a dollar that you see a difference between
> >> the two groups.
>
> >Sure, I'd bet there would be a difference too, but you're either
> >masking or leaving out quite a few variables in such an experiment.
> >First of all, sodas have hundreds of calories, tea doesn't (or has
> >very few, anyway). Also, tea and sodas have dramatically different
> >amounts of other ingredients, which could also effect weight loss/
> >gain.
>
> Yes, that's the point. By drinking tea, you're NOT drinking soda and
> eating doughnuts. It gives you something to put in your mouth and hold
> in your hand and think about. The tea itself isn't necessarily causing
> any weight loss, but being more serene might.
> --scott
> --
> "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

Ah, I see what you mean now. I originally thought you were saying the
tea causes weight loss (the way the company linked above claims oolong
is the "World's Most Powerful Fat Burner") independent of other
factors, but now that I look back at the earlier posts I realize
that's not what you meant.
-Brent

On Apr 4, 9:34 am, klu...@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) wrote:
> In article <1175644191.748325.148...@l77g2000hsb. .com>,
>
> <teanerdb...@> wrote:
> >> Try it. Take a control group drinking sugary sodas, and a test group
> >> drinking oolong tea, and I bet a dollar that you see a difference between
> >> the two groups.
>
> >Sure, I'd bet there would be a difference too, but you're either
> >masking or leaving out quite a few variables in such an experiment.
> >First of all, sodas have hundreds of calories, tea doesn't (or has
> >very few, anyway). Also, tea and sodas have dramatically different
> >amounts of other ingredients, which could also effect weight loss/
> >gain.
>
> Yes, that's the point. By drinking tea, you're NOT drinking soda and
> eating doughnuts. It gives you something to put in your mouth and hold
> in your hand and think about. The tea itself isn't necessarily causing
> any weight loss, but being more serene might.
> --scott
> --
> "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

Ah, I see what you mean now. I originally thought you were saying the
tea causes weight loss (the way the company linked above claims oolong
is the "World's Most Powerful Fat Burner") independent of other
factors, but now that I look back at the earlier posts I realize
that's not what you meant.
-Brent