Phase 4 - DAYS 12 - 21

The final phase of The 3 Week Diet will begin to gear you toward eating somewhat “normally” compared to the 14 days that have passed. This phase involves a personalized calorie restriction to match your unique BMR and the aggressiveness of your weight loss goals.

Determine your BMR

BMR Calculation for Women

BMR = 655 + (4.35 x weight in pounds) + (4.7 x height in inches) - (4.7 x age in years)

Understand what is going on in our Vanilla Rooibos Tea Bird Tea and why it is good for your health and well-being.

Even though not technically teas, tisane teas are herbal teas which formed a major part of the tea world. It is the infusion or decoction made from a plant other than Camellia sinensis--the plant true teas (green tea, black tea, oolong, etc.) are made from. They are caffeine free and can be served hot or cold.

To much leftover loose leaves lying around? We bring you ways to enjoy your teas else-way other than drinking it! Check out this recipe!

Every so often we buy quality loose leaf teas, only to drink them for a week and then we forget about them. If not kept properly, they might just get mouldy, which is a waste. Here at Tea Bird Tea we are serious about wasting our resources, that equally goes with our teas too.

Ginger. What makes it good for you? A breakdown of what ginger has to offer to your body when you accept it in your daily diet.

Besides being a popular cooking ingredient especially in Indian and Asian cuisine, it has also been used for thousands of years for its health and healing benefits. This versatile root can be consumed either fresh, powdered, dried, in oil form or as a juice.

Understanding how your body works and reacts to different foods or teas is a great help when optimising your health and managing stress, anxiety, weight and energy.

The Tea Bird Tea healthy 10 Day Alkalising with turmeric plan focuses on the popular theory that by maintaining an alkaline state in your body you can minimise inflammation in your joints, reduce acid in the tummy and therefore prevent the onset of diseases which are prevalent in our society today.

Some studies* believe that a high acidity

Growing up around Irish food philosophies, Ashleigh Cotterill was amused by friends who swore by supplements and protein powders. Although she leaves each to his own, she does believe in the medicinal properties of food. Herbs and spices have been used for healing by cultures around the world across civilisations and modern understanding of their curative properties backs this practice.

The Irish-born marketing executive and artist began actively propagating this in 2014 after her son was born, selling herb and vegetable seeds under the Balcony Bloomer brand in farmers’ markets around Bondi and the Gold Coast while living in Australia. Balcony Bloomer carried herbs such as basil to lower blood pressure, coriander to reduce inflammation in the joints, and mint and chilli to increase metabolism. As sales increased, so too did customer requests and subsequent ideas.

Read more from Petrina @theedge

Kick back and relax with with our healthy Summer blends offer - Choose a healthy lifestyle and make healthy choices this summer with our organic summer blends bundle offer. Stop your hunger pangs with our healthy loose leaf organic tea bird tea blends. Stop snacking, stop bloating and kick water retention to the curb with our specially blended healthy daily morning, noon and night healthy lifestyle blends...

If you’ve ever been interested in the idea of replacing medicine with food, look no further than your spice cabinet. That ground turmeric that you use only in the occasional curry? It holds powers that will trump what’s in your medicine cabinet.

Turmeric is mostly known for its anti-inflammatory properties. This means that a few dashes of the spice will not only help with the inflammation that you can see, like swelling and rashes, but also with inflammation that takes place inside the body, like leaky gut syndrome.

Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) is an herb that has been used as a natural diuretic in folk medicine for a long time (11).

Natural diuretics may help reduce water retention by making you pee more often.

In one study, 17 volunteers took three doses of dandelion leaf extract over a 24-hour period.

They monitored their fluid intake and output during the following days, and reported a significant increase in the amount of urine produced (12).

Although this was a small study with no control group, the results indicate that dandelion extract may be an effective diuretic.

Bottom Line: Dandelion may help reduce water retention, especially when consumed as a leaf extract.

Exclusively for Lisa Von Tang we bring you our finest tea blends to keep this warrior feeling fresh Morning, Noon and Night.

Morning Warrior 

Wake and rise with our morning Firecracker tea blend putting a fire in your heart from the earliest of starts. 

Noon Warrior

Boost your immune system with our Vanilla Rooibos tea blend a raging injection of anti oxidants making you feel ready to be a true Noon Warrior. 

Night Warrior

Reflect and recharge with our Lemongrass Night Warrior to cleanse your mind and body.

Hand packed, artisan, organic tea bird tea blends using our new biodegradable, organic teabags. 

Tea Bird Tea bringing the finest tea blends to Robinson's KL brand new store opening at the Four Seasons Hotel KLCC. Stocking both Tea Bird Tea Loose ranges and our delectable teabag range its the best place to pick up your tea gifts on the go.

Shoppers delight...

Whats more they have the best range of quick shopping fixes for the most discerning of shoppers. It is like a beautiful shopping haven for the serious shopper - over 500 brands available storewide with a healthy mix of both local and international brands available all under one roof.

Did you know? Robinsons have brought a staggering 60 new brands to KL!

The menswear floor is the most comprehensive I have seen in KL or rather since living in London, reason being its compact on 1 floor but it has a great range not just focusing on the bearded hipster or the suited and booted - there is something for all tastes in here.

Grow Plan

1. Open the tin and remove the seeds
2. Add water to the pellet and let pellet grow
3. There is a hole in the top of the pellet make sure this is facing up
4. Pour seeds into the hole and cover with soil from the pellet
5. Set in the sun
6. Make sure you keep the pellet moist by adding a few teaspoons of water everyday
7. After 5 days you see some sprouts growing out of the pellet
8. As the plant grows its good to let it have 4-6 hrs of sun everyday but make sure the area is partly shaded so your seedling doesn't get burnt in the hot Malaysian sun.
9. After 20-30 days you will be able to repot you seedling by dropping the plant and its soil pellet straight into a larger pot with soil.
10. You can start snipping your herbs to add to your meals everyday.

When we were putting together the Tea Bird range we wanted different teas to deal with different parts of the body. Skinny Teatoxing is all over the place at the moment but what is it actually doing to hep you? Often many of the skinny teas have a laxative in them which makes you feel like you are loosing weight as they are sending you to the toilet every 30 mins.

Are your teabags toxic? - We have been labouring over which teabags to use for our beautiful Tea Bird blends and we have a few customers who are always interested to know more - check out this interesting article from The Underground Health Reporter.

The Weight Loss Connection - article from Teas Etc

The two main ways to reduce food related body weight are; increase energy expenditure (EE) and inhibit the absorption of nutrients, including fat and carbohydrates. Caffeine is a stimulant so it is widely accepted that the caffeine in tea increases metabolism, hence increasing EE. So the question becomes, is it only the caffeine or are other compounds in the tea contributing to that increase?

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Tea Bird Tea is beginning an internship program offering both full and part time positions based at Tea Bird Tea House at 83 Jalan Telawi, Bangsar.

Internship areas

1. Sales  - working across supermarket, internet, business development and cafe/restaurant channel read more...

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I remember asking Deborah Henry Co-Founder of Fugee School so whats next how is the school going to continue? She said - this is it - it's here - its a school offering children education we have to keep it running... 

Charity is an interesting area - how many times can you rely on subscriptions, or kind hearted philanthropists and wealthy supporters travelling around handing out cash to pay the bills? 

The answer is you can't - there needs to be some understanding of creating something that can pay for itself otherwise there is no growth, for the students, the people running it - this school is changing peoples lives everyday and thats a great thing but creating a school which empowers, educates and creates enterprise amongst its students to enable them to come together and create Fugeelah well that is truly the GREAT achievement here - awesome job all round. 

Here is the recipe for the flavour of the day its super easy to make at home!

1 Hibiscus Tea Bird Teabag plus 1 Vanilla Tea Bird Teabag

1 litre boiling water - you can make 2 litres but its up to you on the strength of the taste you would like..

1 sliced orange - can leave peel on or off as you prefer 

Honey or Tea Bird Tea Syrup to sweeten as desired

Preparation

1. We like to cook in a  saucepan so you can boil up the orange and get that extra layer of taste.
2. If you are using our loose leaf blends you can add both blends into 1 teapot at the same time using 1 teaspoon of each.
3. Add boiling water
4.  Let brew for 10-15 mins - there are no tannins in these teas so they will not taste bitter when left to steep.
5. Pour into saucepan with your sliced orange
6. Simmer until orange is saturated with the tea blends

Serve hot and add honey or Tea Bird Tea Syrup to sweeten optional

Serve cold - left cool then place in a jug in the fridge - the taste is strong so you can happily add as much ice as you like

Began hitting the gym managed 4 sessions and had to take Panadol extend in between just to keep moving. As always my weight went up at first as did my hunger but less sugar cravings from the previous week...

Fasting has been recognized for its many health benefits dating back to Hippocrates. These benefits extend to everything from better weight management, improved cardiovascular health, healthier blood composition, and better cell recycling, and many others. Periodic fasting is highly recommended for prevention of illnesses and a better well-being. Fasting has also been recognized for its benefit in anti-ageing or healthy ageing.

• From coffee to evening snacks, many foods and drinks can have an impact
• Nutritional therapist Jackie Lynch says it's not just what you eat but when 
• Eating habits can can make a huge difference to quality and quantity of sleep 
• A third of people regularly suffer from difficulty sleeping, according to the NHS
• Insomnia is linked to depression, obesity, heart attack, stroke and diabetes 

Began really craving sugar and ate a lot of sweets - they tasted great but it definitely slowed down my progress in comparison to the first week of 1.5 ;0/ TBT123 of the week was Hibiscus - I really enjoy the taste as its slightly tarter than the others. Finally started back at the gym on the last day of the week so going to add this into week 3 and really focus on my healthy diet.