The Drink That Can Burn 20 Pounds Per Year

By Craig Ballantyne

If you are trying to burn fat, get rid of the sodas and juices and drink water.

Researchers from the University of North Carolina had 118 overweight women substitute water for their normal sugary drinks. As a result, these women consumed fewer calories over the course of the day. In fact, they eliminated a total of 200 calories per day by drinking water instead of sweetened sodas or juices.

Two hundred fewer calories per day adds up to almost 21 pounds of fat that you can lose in a year!

It's Good to Know: Pay-As-You-Wish Restaurants

It may sound like a recipe for disaster... but several restaurants around the world are doing a brisk (and profitable) business by letting customers decide how much to pay for their meals.

The owners of these places - Der Wiener Deewan in Vienna, Lentil As Anything in Melbourne, One World Cafe in Salt Lake City, and So All May Eat Cafe in Denver - consider themselves to be "social entrepreneurs," doing something to help the community. They have found that most diners pay a fair price. Some even pay extra to cover for those who take advantage of the system.

(Source: Springwise)

Word to the Wise: Viscous

Something that's "viscous" (VIS-kus) is thick and sticky, like honey or oil. The word is derived from the Latin for mistletoe.

Example (as used in Beautiful Children by Charles Bock): "The neon. The halogen. The viscous liquid light. Thousands of millions of watts, flowing through letters of looping cursive and semi-cursive, filling then emptying, then starting over again."

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