Green tea in place of diet pills

There is a strong prejudice against taking pills unless they are prescribed by an MD. Perhaps this good, as self-medication can have very bad effects on people. We are all prone to thinking that a brand new performance enhancer will really do everything that a manufacturer says that it will. And many of us even think that more of the same more often will get even better results even faster.That is probably the context of every incident which finds its way to 60 Minutes or 20/20. But how often on an individual basis does this really occur in your experience? Is it really as much as the reports of the thousands who are hurt from prescription drugs when used as directed or taken by accident due to a pharmacist's error.Even if it may not sound like it, the writer is grateful for the advances in medical science. The world is truly a better place for them. But the alternative performance enhancers seem to get unfairly neglected by those who believe only in MD related drugs.One of the most innocuous substances on the market today is the green tea capsule. Bottles of these can be bought by anyone from the corner drug store. In other words, you do not have to ask your MD's permission before buying them. Some still may feel the need to do so, however. When used in conjunction with weight loss, green tea capsules can be the difference between a person sticking with a diet instead of falling off of it. Green tea makes one feel better. It elevates the feelings, making it far easier to refuse the second helping or compulsively eat the entire serving dish of food. The writer thinks that it does this by way of energizing endorphines, but he is hardly an expert in bio-chemistry.Should one fear dependency on these fifteen cent capsules? Perhaps. One should fear dependency on anything. But does it not make more sense to fear dependency on food to alleviate depression? Given the obesity problem in the country at the present time it seems so.You must ask your self why you over eat, if you do this. If it is because of depression during the day, you really might be helped by some green tea, probably up to 325mg per day (the recommended dose), in fact.