Extra tip: Chug green tea, not beer

Giving up beer will help your weight loss - and not just because of the calories in each pint.

According to the Institute of Food Research in the UK, when we drink a pint, we experience an outpouring of insulin stimulated by ethanol in the beer. This causes hypoglycemia, a reduction of sugar in the blood, which stimulates the sensation of hunger, leading to a desire for high-carb foods. (Sounds familiar?)

Try drinking green tea for a month instead. Its catechins (antioxidants) spur on the body's metabolism. In a study published in the American Journal Of Clinical Nutrition, men who drank it daily had significantly smaller waists than those in the control group. Four cups a day should see you benefit from the rub of the green in no time.

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