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Thermogenesis - The Cure to End Sugar Addiction and Excess Weight?

What the heck is Thermogenesis, anyway?

It's a nice long, official-sounding word so it must be something new and exciting - right?

Actually, this is an idea that's been around for a long time. The idea is to somehow (with chemical assistance by a pharmeceutical company or supplement supplier) increase your metabolism so that you burn more calories without actually doing more exercise or eating less. You'll then lose weight.

But that may not be the only result of taking these drugs or supplements.

This is how it works: You increase your resting metabolism by raising your internal temperature. (They don't call it "burning calories" for nothing.)

Lots of products have been sold in the past that promise to increase your metabolism, and the safety record of those products is not impressive. Ephedrine is a thermogetic compound, for instance. So is methamphetamine, and any street drug that is commonly referred to as "speed." The old-type diet pills, that had thousands of people hooked and which turned diet clinics into drug pushers, relied on thermogetic drugs. Fenfluramine-phentermine was a thermogetic compound, too.

Meridia, one of the most popular prescription diet pills today, is now on the short list of potentially dangerous medications, according to David Graham, an FDA drug safety reviewer.

Before using one of these agents to overcome the ill-effects of sugar addiction and other over-eating problems, please consider the health consequences of the medication itself. Raising your body's temperature in an unnatural way, (excercise and fevers are natural, pills are not), may affect your long-term health by also increasing your heart rate and blood pressure.

If you feel the need to try thermogenesis to jump-start your new, healthier diet (no sugar, please!) you may want to consider plain old green tea. Some studies have shown that green tea can improve your immune system, especially if your diet is low on anti-oxidents, and the caffeine in the tea has thermogetic effects and increases your metabolism. Plus, green tea is inexpensive and has been drunk for thousands of years - a far better safety study than anything done by the FDA.

In the meantime, you should also consider a self-help program to overcome sugar addiction and other food cravings, so the you won't feel the need for artificial stimulants to help you lose weight.

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