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Heather said: "Sounds like a way to try and get people to drink "just one bottle" every day of the year. That's 365 servings per person. I don't know if I'd trust that.. BTW.. I couldn't access that page.. you apparently have to be logged into WMconnect.."

spectrachic311 said: "So basically, you'd get the exact same effect by drinking a cup of coffee every day. Sounds like a big time gimmick to me."

Scarlett said: "So ok, I was reading this news this morning and I came upon this artical about a new drink that supposedly burns calories. As I read the artical I was very skeptical (and trust me I am still skeptical), and when I got to the part that said the man who made this "miracle drink" isn't even a scientist I couldn't help but laugh. So read the artical, and tell me what you think. In my opinion this is just ridiculous, how about yours? [B]New Drink Burns Calories. Or so they say.[/B] If it works--and we are by no means saying it does--some might call this a miracle in a bottle. It's called Celsius, and it's the brainchild of one Stephen Haley, a 48-year-old Floridian who is the first to say he's not a scientist. But he does say that this fizzy drink promises to burn calories. Haley says his claims are backed up by clinical research in which 20 healthy adults were given Celsius to drink, while others were given a placebo, reports London's Times Online. Those who drank the Celsius increased their metabolic rate by as much as 10 percent--and so burned more calories. Specifically, the increased metabolism burned an extra 70 calories; the drink itself contains about 10 calories. Haley extrapolates the test results: If you give up your favorite soft drink and instead consume Celsius every day for one year, you'll (theoretically) lose up to 17 pounds without changing anything else in your diet or (heaven forbid!) exercising more. "That sentence got transmitted by television stations as 'You can lose 17 pounds without exercising,'" Haley told the Times Online. "We don't say you will lose weight. We just say it burns calories." Ah, that is the important distinction! How does Celsius burn calories? It turns out it's caffeine. Previous research has shown that caffeine does in fact increase one's metabolism, but it does not affect lipid fat oxidation, which is the process the body uses to burn fat. What do nutrition and diet experts think? The study results, which have been presented to the International Society of Sports Nutrition, have not yet been peer-reviewed, an essential element of legitimate scientific research. Meanwhile, the results of the clinical study have been viewed with some skepticism. The American Dietetic Association spokeswoman sniffed, "The results do not impress me.""

Scarlett said: "Shoooot I'm with you all on this one. This artical just goes to show you that anyone can market something like that and say it burns calories and make money off of it. It's just ridiculous. And Heather, yeah I realized later that that link led to an account page so I removed it. No big deal though it was just a link to the source I got it on. All of the stuff written above it was in the source, so oh well haha I took the source out."

vderilus said: "Sounds like someone is trying to cash in , when you can just drink a cup of coffee a day and just about the same results! I don't like caffeine, what a waste"

Kimberleigh said: "Caffiene will kill me no matter what, so I'd rather just burn the calories the old fashioned way."