About the olong teas they advertise to help one lose weight

I suspect this, but I have not tried the oolong tea yet. I do have trouble retaining water, cannot have too much salt, but diet is a major factor.

If you drink iced tea in Chinese restaurants or even make it at home, you may already be drinking Oolong tea. I know the blend I buy for our iced tea has orange, black and Oolong in it.

I saw below that you can't drink black tea. I guess you never drink iced tea when you go out to eat.

sedel1027 is right
drinking tea helps you lose weight
BUT!!
if you drink iced/cold tes it will only give you a big belly
so if you are going to drink tea make sure its hot tea

Don't worry. I hate ice tea. It has to be hot for me.

That does sensible. I live near a health food store, and they do sell things in bulk, so I will see if I can get some oolong tea. I am wary of it because I cannot drink black tea, but I will see if it works. I do not want to pay a high price for it. Rather of a cheapskate myself.

Of all the teas I have drunk (and I am something of a tea fiend) I have never actually had Oolong.

Why can you not drink black? I can't drink black tea (without milk) on an empty stomach as it makes me sick. Even with milk I don't feel well.

I have an intolerance to the tanin. I can drink green tea all right, but when it comes to black, if I drink more than two cups a day, I will get a horrible headache.

That is a shame. I guess it makes it harder for you to lose weight. I hope they find something that you can drink that will not make your mS worse. I do not know much about ms. All I know it has something to do with not getting enough sunlight and since I used to live in B.C. with all those cloudy days, I am not surprised that more people did not get it. I hope that you get better soon.

Sunlight has little to do with it. While Vitamin D helps, it's not the cause.

MS is a disorder of the auto-immune system where the cells that are supposed to kill germs and stuff, turn on the host body and attack the myelin which is the protective layer on top of the nerves. Myelin is very much like the protective coating on wires. It stops the body from having short circuits when electrical impulses are sent along a nerves to connect the brain to the rest of the body. When the brain and body do not communicate the body can become unable to do the things an otherwise normal person does.
Numbness,tingling, loss of use, loss of balance and blindness are some common symptoms.

http://www.mssociety.ca/en/research/meddmmo-bonemarrowstudy-feb05.htm

Intersting link. Good article and from there you can get more info on MS and it's symptoms.

I saw some olong tea at the health food store down in the Mall. i did not want to buy any because it was June, and I had to get three presents, our anniversary, Father's Day, and my precious little granddaughter's birthday, and then I got myself a dress, plus the usual stuff at the bulkstore, took one look at the price on the package and decided, that I had better stick with gree tea for a while.
I do know a difference, but I drink it mostly in the morning and the afternoon, so the differences sort of overlap. I am losing weight though.

I am the person who cannot lose weight on just low-cal and a high carbohydrate diet. I can lose on a low carb diet but only so far, but there is something=antitoxins or something that helps one lose weight drinking green or olong tea. Since olong tea is more expensive it could work better. And I drink three cups of green tea a day, mainly in the morning and early afternoon. It also rinses out the fat and even a little at a time adds up, combining that with the one pound a week since I have a slow metabolism anyway, can make me lose two pounds a week, so I guess I do need that tea.

I think it is three cups of tea a day. One cup in the morning will not do it and from what I read on the Health sites, like Web MD. you have to steep it for five minutes, not the three to four minutes they say in the package. It sort of causes fat to be flushed out and when you have a slow metabolism as I did, you need all the help. I do not diet, but I am a great salad lover, and I do a lot of walking and also moving around when I sleep.

It is doing so, but the green tea (3 cups a day, not one) helps and you have to steep it for five minutes. The olong is more expensive, so I figured that if you paid more money, it would work better. So if I give up the green tea and just eat like I do now, I will not lose as much. I will not lose the same amount as I did when I drink the tea. For some reason it speeds up the metabolism in my system. The caffeine does not have a chance to keep me jittery, it is too busy getting me to lose those ounces.

Okay. I am down to around 200 lbs. I think it was a combination of factors. The green tea helps flush off the fat, but you have to let it steep five minutes not the four they suggest and I just drink three cups a day. Also I have a slight allergy to tannin, so I might be able to tolerate olong tea. At least I will not be able to tolerate the price and the only place I have seen it except in ads is at the health food store in our Mall.

I have not tried it yet. I know that I cannot take too much of the black tea because of the tanin. I do not know what is in tea, but there is something that helps me lose the weight as I am not that much into low calories. I am into low carbs or rather low bad carbs. But I have no idea why it works as I am not much of a scientist.
In fact, I was so bad at science in high school that I got the chemistry table mixed up and could not even remember what symbol stood for what and only got C minus. And I was the type who loved movies about scientists.

It must be a combination of things. I heard of the olong tea, but never really believed it especially when the ones who are advertising are small or medium built to begin with. After all, they are the kind that notice when they get fat right away. Us large boned type do not know until it is too late and we are unaware when we lose the weight until we get on a scale and look down and say, "wOW! I am down to almost 200 lbs, where did the other fifteen disappear?