You are correct, I phrased that wrong: body temperature was slightly elevated, yet it made no measurable difference on the its energy household.

The second link leads to a study which actually observed a thermogenic effect of spicy foods. So it’s a little surprising that it’s been chosen as a reference to backup a claim to the contrary…?

I’m glad it works for you, but I’m fairly certain you could do it without it. The power to accomplish things is in you, Pia, not in a pill.

The Lady Soma Detox has given me some extra energy, it is subtle but present. I am on my second cycle now (7 day cycle ONLY) now and plan to buy more. I wasnt weighting myself right away but I think I have lost about 7 pounds and that is tough for me to do. I will continue to use the Detox after another month.

In statistics you call that a “false friend” – a correlation that seems to do what you think, but really isn’t.

But if that is the reason why people lose weight on it, there’s nothing wrong with that.

BTW the Green tea one is actually true if you read the original study. What was found is that most people put milk/cream and/or sugar in their coffee due to the bitterness. When they switch to green tea they don’t add any milk/cream or sugar hence the reduction is caloric intake.

So said differently if you like milk/cream and/or sugar in you coffee or tea switching to a different drink that does not contain the extra calories (even if its a different variety of coffee or tea) will have positive weight lost affects.

Regarding caffeine: its effect probably depends on how much of it you are used to.

As for swimming, well, a burned calorie is a burned calorie and if you lose weight or not depends on if you stay below TDEE or go above, regardless of what activity you did to burn the calories.

Thanks for that link, Nino!

And yeah, just by including a bit of physical activity into your life, you can make a huge difference. It eludes me why people are so bend to find a different solution.

Schmidty, originally I wanted to cover more foods / supplements (ginseng, for example), but, as you said, the variety is so vast, it is impossible to cover all of them.

And those water “ionizers” probably will never die out 😀

Thanks, Owen! I had this one sitting around for quite some time and yesterday decided to finally tackle it.

And you are right: green tea etc. can fulfill a role during weight loss, it simply is different from what is claimed.