Posted on 03/03/2006 4:34:40 AM PST by ShadowDancer
Calorie-Burning Soda Says It Helps Shed Pounds
POSTED: 1:20 pm EST March 2, 2006
OKLAHOMA CITY -- You pedal and push -- all in hopes of building the perfect body. However, to gain strength, you sometimes have to give up your weakness.
Now there is a soft drink that claims to help you lose weight and boost energy, Oklahoma City television station KOCO reported. It's called Celsius, and the reason its makers make their claim is thermogenics.
"(Thermogenics) means to produce heat in your body to burn up calories," said dietitian Anastasia Chehak.
Elite FX, the soft drink's makers, says Celsius will increase your metabolism by 12 percent on average and burn calories faster over a three-hour period.
"It's good. Tastes like Coke," said Chris Rispoli, who was working out when asked to try Celsius.
The product comes in three flavors: cola, lemon-lime and ginger ale. Each 12-ounce bottle has 10 calories or less.
"That is tart," said Donna Hochevar.
"It takes kind of like Mountain Dew or like an orange soda or something," said Morgan Sullivan.
Both were asked to try the product during a recent workout. A local trainer, Kim Sisk, said Celsius doesn't taste too bad.
"It's not real, real sweet," she said.
Celsius uses Splenda instead of corn syrup for its sweetness. The drink is comprised of some healthful ingredients, such as some vitamins and herbs. However, Chehak said they're not enough for your daily intake.
The dietitian said the ingredients were good enough to put a jolt into your weight-loss plan.
"This drink is a tool," she said. "It's not an end to everything."
The company said that if you merely replace a regular soda with this drink, one has the potential to lose up to 17 pounds in a year without exercising. They are not necessarily promoting that, however.
Representatives for Elite FX said living a healthful lifestyle is your best bet.
The product is not recommended for children under 12, pregnant or lactating women, or those sensitive to caffeine.
Chehak said Celsius has about the same amount of caffeine as a cup of coffee, and there are some herbs designed to give you a boost as well. However, it also costs a bit more than a regular soda.
You'll pay about $2 for a 12-ounce drink.
I smell lawsuits far and wide.
If the drink makes you lose weight, shouldn't it contain negative calories?
The second sentence contradicted the first.
I guess meth would do the trick, too. Eating a healthy diet and moderate exercise are their own rewards.
You are the coaster b'neath my drink, ShadowDancer.
Sounds like about million other, pre-existing, 'sport' drinks that have thermogenic properties. Hell, sugar-free Red Bull would fit the bill.
Pour a can in your gas tank, get up to 60 miles per gallon. Contains pheromones...also said to cure baldness.
Splenda is next to being poisonous.
It will definitely screw you up: [http://www.wnho.net/splenda.htm]
SPLENDA IS NOT SPLENDID!
By James Bowen, M.D.
In a simple word you would just as soon have DDT in your food as Splenda, because sucralose is a chlorocarbon. The chlorocarbons have long been famous for causing organ, genetic, and reproductive damage. It should be no surprise, therefore, that the testing of sucralose, even at less than the level demanded by FDA rules, reveals that it has been shown to cause up to 40%shrinkage of the thymus: A gland that is the very foundation of our immune system. It also causes swelling of the liver and kidneys, and CALCIFICATION of the kidney.
Lying and deceit on the artificial sweetener issue has been the FDA's Modus Operandi ever since Donald Rummsfeld broke everything decent in the US government to put Aspartame on the market as a "contract on humanity". It has no commercial purpose other than a contract on humanity. Either they have done but little testing of sucralose, or they are so afraid of what the public would think of sucralose, and the government if the public but knew what was going on, that they will not tell us! BECAUSE: we have been told nothing about the extensive studies which would have to have been done if very reasonable, and scientifically sound FDA rules had been followed.......................
So is this stuff canceled out if you drink it over ice, or what?
"The company said that if you merely replace a regular soda with this drink, one has the potential to lose up to 17 pounds in a year without exercising...
You'll pay about $2 for a 12-ounce drink."
Sounds to me like one also has the potential to lose about 365 bucks a year without batting an eye!
So why don't I just drink a chilled, 0-calorie diet beverage? My body will burn calories heating the beverage up to 98.6F, and voila, net calorie loss.
Pretty good 'get rich' gimmick.
Well, let's see here.
A pound of fat stores 3500 calories. That is to say, you lose one pound if you burn up 3500 calories more than you consume over a period of time.
A 12 oz. can of regular Coca-Cola contains 132 calories, and this contains 10 calories per 12 oz.
So if you substitute this product for one can of regular cola, daily, over a year, you lose (132-10) * 365 / 3500 = 12.723 pounds.
However, if you substitute this for a truly zero-calorie beverage, like water, unsweetened iced tea, or Caffeine-Free Diet Coke, you will gain 10 * 365 / 3500 = 1.043 pounds.
For best results, drink cold. A large portion of your metabolism is concerned with keeping your body temperature constant. Bringing your stomach contents up from 34 degrees will burn more calories than from 70 degrees.
/Dieter
//Already lost 5 pounds in two weeks
I am so addicted to Red Bull it's not funny. Does it have thermogenic properties? I just know it's an expensive habit. I assume it's the caffeine, rather than the B-Vitamins in it which perk me up.
I have noticed that after I drink one, I can remember longer number sequences...
Hell, I'd rather drink Jack Daniels...at least I'd get a real buzz! RedBull and Jack...oh yeah nice buzz
It's hard to take seriously someone who believes Donald Rumsfeld, in his former service in government, purposely approved Aspartame because he secretly wants humanity dead.
At $2 for a 12 ounce drink, the weight loss is likely to occur in the wallet.
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