From: Ellen K. 

Green tea doesn't have much caffeine.   Supposedly it helps people lose
weight, have you found that to be true?

On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 21:41:01 -0500, "Steve Ewing"
 wrote in message
:

>On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 21:05:20 -0500, Mark  wrote:
>
>>> "...a finding that will come as a shock to those who
think ridding the
>>> beverage of its powerful stimulant might make it better for them."
>
>> Why would anyone think that?  Oh, because the medical community has
>> been touting that crap for decades; probably with funding by the coffee
>> companies that want to sell $6/lb decaf over $3/lb real stuff. Pass the
>> bacon too. 
>> > underwater>
>
>This stuff drives me nuts.  I am overweight, and switched to decaf to help
>control my blood pressure.  Now I drink green tea at work, and damn the
>caffiene; two or three cups a day.  I drink one cup of decaf coffee each
>morning on the way to work.
>
>And my BP has gone down (papers like this drive it up again, though).

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