Green Tea originates from China and recently it spread to the West where people normally consume Black Tea. China and Japan produces 90% of World’s Green Tea. It is very popular in Asia. Many Asian drinks this regularly. Many people already know that it is good for health. This has been backed up scientifically. There are many benefits of this tea if you consume it regularly. The tea can help to reduce the possibility of heart disease, Alzheimer and Parkinson, reduce bad cholesterol, prevent death of brain cell, lower incidence of cancers and help to lose weight. But you will only feel those benefits when you consume large amount of the tea regularly. This is around 8 cups per day for an adult. It is a huge amount for a day. That is why companies produce supplements with this tea as its main ingredient. One table of the tea extract can be equal to 8 cups of tea.

The most important component in this super tea is polyphenols and caffeine. According to numerous research polyphenols will act to strengthen body cells, and weakening intruder or cancerous cells. Polyphenols can make your body stronger and more able to fight off the diseases. Polyphenols will induce thermogenesis and stimulate fat oxidation which will help to reduce fat. Thermogenesis is the process of heat production in organisms which burns fat. According to a research at the University of Geneva in Switzerland, researchers found that men who consume caffeine and green tea extract burned more calories than those who only given caffeine. Caffeine can stimulate the metabolism but a combination of both will stimulate more metabolisms. » Read more: Green Tea and Weight Loss

Summer is here! The blissful summer nights full of beaches, camp fires, smores, camping, and bugs!!! Nothing ruins a beautiful night better than a swarm of mosquitoes or the multitude of off smelling mosquito repellants. We have all been bitten by a mosquito in almost every place imaginable. Don’t you dare walk through long grass after dark in flip flops! Your feet will look like a teenage boy’s face before proactive!. Now the world of mosquito research is turning to feet to find the answers to keep these bugs away from our leisure activities. New research is developing and scientists are discovering that many mosquito species actually prefer the foot! Daniel Kline was one of the first to focus on the mosquito and feet and found that many females preferred dirty 3 day-old-socks!

There are a million mosquito tales we take to the outdoors with us. We know that they are heat seekers and the warmer we are the hotter the target. Don’t wear anything sweet smelling, don’t eat bananas, avoid lactic acid products, avoid beer and stinky cheese, spray doorways with Listerine, and now you should wash your feet and change your socks! There is a multitude of bacteria that live on the human body and produces odors. These odors are attractants or signals that help guide mosquitoes to their prey. The stinker you are, the more you attract! For some of us, stinky feet are just a part of who we are. Your Hygiene may be pristine but for some reason you can’t knock that stink off your socks and shoes!!! For those of us with the stink on, is there anything we can do to curve the mosquitoes away?

The odor we all smell and dread is actually coming from bacteria. Bacteria love warm, moist, dark places. A sweaty shoe is paradise. The best way to fight the bacteria is to fight the sweat. There are a number of anti-perspirants available for the feet. Socks can also make a big difference in foot odor. 100% cotton is not recommended. You should look for a sock that has a combination of materials. Cotton absorbs sweat fast, but it also dries very slow and you will stay saturated and stinky longer. » Read more: Stinky Feet Lead the Way in Mosquito Research