Weight / Fat loss

Hippy:

regarding the Banana thing. I was referring to someone on a restricted diet. The most important things to eat are proteins & essential fats. Everything else is extra.

A Banana gives you a bit of vitamins & minerals sure, but the carb cost is too high. You can get these elsewhere (even a tablet).

A study performed at Birmingham (UK) University, showed that average fat oxidation rates were 17% higher after ingestion of green tea extract than after ingestion of a placebo.[7] Similarly the contribution of fat oxidation to total energy expenditure was also significantly higher by a similar percentage following ingestion of green tea extract. This implies that ingestion of green tea extract can not only increase fat oxidation during moderately intensive exercise but also improve insulin sensitivity and glucose tolerance in healthy young men.
http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/abstract/87/3/778

Oh, and Nhatt. Salt does not make you fat. Excess sodium can give you blood pressure problems, but these are remedied if you keep the balance of potassium in order. The level is much much higher than advertised guidelines might suggest. People with problems usually have a poor diet & lifestyle.

You can start using losalt in some of your foods (potassium chloride). Will deal with any potential sodium related blood pressure problems. But I assure you, a little bit of houmous is not overkill in terms of salt. My sister only weighs about 40kg and she consumes marmite, smoked fish, cheese and salty peanut butter non-stop. She actually puts soy sauce in her peanut butter sandwiches for extra kick. But she's fit as a fiddle.

Also do not understimate the pill thing. They are basically oestrogen pills. Oestrogen=fat gain.