Striving4Zen

We all know that rich people eat better, but it's nice how they put it in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association: "People with higher socio-economic status and educational levels are more likely to consume a costly but high-quality diet of lower-energy-density foods." Love that tone. (Thx ModernMedicine.com.)

What we didn't know was that certain clever, rich people might be losing weight by drinking "white tea." Black teas, we just learned, are "cured and oxidized," whereas white tea is the unadulterated, virgin leaf, (and often comes complete with young leaves and flowering buds.)

German researchers are now saying that -- just maybe -- white tea slows the growth of new fat cells. Time to hit up your local Whole Foods. Meanwhile, at the other end of the socio-economic spectrum, poor people are using soup cans and dishtowels to stay in shape, and they're guzzling Hydroxycut dietary supplements, many of which are currently being recalled (by the ironically named manufacturer Iovate Health Sciences) because, well, they might destroy your liver or kill you.

Thanks!

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