Lee’s Journal

Bandai Shape Up Adviser is a little electronic widget that helps you in diet. It measure the size of your body, record and keep track your daily calorie intake and shows you how to properly perform exercises.

It features a skinny little avatar - maybe to motivate the dieters? It’s available for $20 at Amazon Japan.

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Tanita PC InnerScan BC-500-SV is a bathroom scale with Bluetooth and fat sensor. If you are too lazy to write down the numbers, Tanita PC InnerScan BC-500-SV will help you track your weight on a USB drive.

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Coca-Cola and Nestle are teamed up to launch a carbonated beverage that burns calories, named Enviga.

Enviga is a sparkling green-tea drink under the Nestea name, that is claimed to have negative-calorie (not low-calorie or zero-calorie).

The brand uses a blend of green-tea extracts known for boosting metabolism called Epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG). The marketers boasted Enviga has twice the EGCG as leading competitors, no more caffeine than an average cup of coffee and 20% of the daily value of calcium for men and women ages 19 to 50.

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