Lee’s Journal

Dr. Hryhory Chausovsky, an Ukrainian scientist, has invented a 15-cm plate that is weight sensitive. If you overload the plate with food, a palm sized computer attached to the plate is activated and audio alerts are triggered.

As your personal weight-watcher, it will say things like, “Stop right there! And what about excess weight?” and “Where’s your willpower?” So, better follow the rules if you don’t wanna embarrass yourself in front of the public.

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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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One Click Butter Cutter is a kitchen gadget for those who are too lazy or tired to cut butter for breakfast or those who want to control the butter portion in order to stay healthy.

The gadget delivers one standard pat (equals to 1/5 tablespoon) of butter or margarine with each click of the handle.

The One Click Butter Cutter is made of ABS plastic and retails for $19.99.

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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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