Total S.A --Top Oil Company Detail Information

Total S.A. is a French multinational oil company and one of the six "Supermajor" oil companies in the world.

Its businesses cover the entire oil and gas chain, from crude oil and natural gas exploration and production to power generation, transportation, refining, petroleum product marketing, and international crude oil and product trading. Total is also a large-scale chemicals manufacturer. The company has its head office in the Tour Total in the La Défense district in Courbevoie, nearParis.

History

Total Plaza, the headquarters of the subsidiary Total Petrochemicals USA, inDowntown HoustonThe company was founded after World War I after the French Prime Minister Raymond Poincaré rejected the idea of forming a partnership with Royal Dutch Shell in favour of creating an entirely French oil company. At Poincaré's behest, Col. Ernest Mercier enlisted the support of ninety banks and companies to found Total on 28 March 1924, as the Compagnie française des pétroles (CFP), literally the "French Petroleum Company". Petroleum was seen as vital in the case of a new war with Germany. However, the company was from the start a private sector company (it was listed on the Paris Stock Exchange for the first time in 1929). CFP took up the 23.75% share of Deutsche Bank in the Turkish Petroleum Company (renamed the Iraq Petroleum Company), awarded to France as compensation for war damages caused by Germany during World War I by the San Remo conference.

In 1991 the company name became simply Total. After Total's takeover of Petrofina in 1999, it became known as Total Fina. Afterwards it also acquired Elf Aquitaine. First named TotalFinaElf after the merger in 2000, it was later renamed back to Total in May 2003.

Tour Total, the Paris headquarters in La DéfenseChart of the major energy companies dubbed "Big Oil" sorted by latest published revenue

As of 2010, Total had over 96,000 employees and operated in more than 130 countries  As recently as 1992, the French government still held 5% of the firm's shares, down from a peak of over thirty percent.In the time period between 1990 and 1994, foreign ownership of the firm increased from 23 per cent to 44 per cent.

Senior management

Christophe de Margerie has been chief executive since 14 February 2007. His total annual compensation for this role is €2,746,335, consisting of a €1,250,000 salary and €1,496,335 bonus.

Organisation

Business segments

Upstream

• Exploration and Production
• Gas and Power
• Solar

Downstream

• Refining & marketing
• Trading & shipping

Chemicals

• Total Petrochemicals
• Fertilizers
• Resins, adhesives and electroplating
  • Cray Valley
  • Sartomer
  • Cook Composites & Polymers
  • Atotech
  • Bostik
• Elastomer Processing

Environmental record

A total filling station in Wetherby, West Yorkshire.

In 1998 the Total SA company was fined €375,000 for an oil spill that stretched 400 kilometers from La Rochelle to the western tip of Brittany. The company was only fined that amount because they were only partially liable because Total SA did not own the ship. The plaintiffs had sought more than $1.5 billion in damages. More than 100 groups and local governments joined in the suit. The Total company was fined just over $298,000,000.^{[contradictory]} The majority of the money will go to the French government, several environmental groups, and various regional governments. The Total SA company was also fined $550,000 for the amount of marine pollution that came from it. After the oil spill they tried to restore their image and have opened a sea turtle conservation project in Masirah in recent years.

Prior to the verdict in which Total was found guilty one of the counterparts in the incident, Malta Maritime Authority (MMA), was not to be tried for having any hand in the incident. In 2005 Total submitted a report to the Paris courts which stated that Total had gotten a group of experts that stated the tanker had corrosion on it and that Total was responsible for it. The courts sought a second expert reviewing of this information which was turned down.

The AZF chemical plant which exploded in 2001 in Toulouse, France, belonged to the Grande Paroisse branch of Total.

On 16 January 2008, Total was required to compensate all of the victims of the pollution caused by the sinking of the ship Erika. They are required to compensate the victims in the amount of €192 million. This is in addition to the €200 million that Total spent to help clean up the spill. The company feels that the verdict is unfair because it wasn't their fault the ship sank. They will be appealing the verdict because it forced the users of the ship to also be the inspectors and not the people that made the ship.

On 13 August 2007, Total announced a lower fuel emission, lower emissions and cost-efficient petroleum product, named Evolution. Evolution is designed to let its user use less fuel and get further than other fuels. The product was developed exclusively for Total because of the demand for more energy efficient products. This fuel can be used with any engine that runs on unleaded.

Renewable and nuclear power

Total announced in 2007 that they are exploring the possibilities of entering the nuclear power sector. Although they already own one per cent of Areva, the largest nuclear business in the world  Total does not currently have extensive involvement in nuclear power. However, in January 2008 Total announced that they were to sign an agreement with Suez and Areva to submit a nuclear power plant project to the authorities in the United Arab Emirates.

On 29 April 2011, Total agreed to buy 60% of photovoltaics company SunPower for US$1.38 billion.

Controversies

Myanmar investments

Total, S.A. Headquarters,La Defensa Paris,France

Despite the European Union's sanctions against the military dictatorship Myanmar, Total is able to operate the Yadana natural gas pipelinefrom Burma to Thailand. Total is currently the subject of a lawsuit in French and Belgian courts for the condoning and use of the country's civilian slavery to construct the pipeline. The documentary 'Total Denial' shows the background of this project.The NGO Burma Campaign UK is currently campaigning against this project.

Italian bribes

On 16 December 2008, the managing director of the Italian division of Total Lionel Levha, along with ten other executives, was arrested by the Public Prosecutor’s Office of Potenza, Italy, for a corruption charge of €15 million to undertake the oilfield in Basilicata on contract. Also arrested was the local deputy of Partito Democratico Salvatore Margiotta and an Italian entrepreneur.

UN Oil-for-Food Programme for Iraq

In April 2010, Total was accused of bribing Iraqi officials during former dictator Saddam Hussein's regime to secure oil supplies. A United Nations report later revealed that Iraqi officials had received bribes from oil companies to secure contracts worth over $10bn (£6.5bn).

Investments in Iran

Total has been a significant investor in the Iranian energy sector since 1990. Total is suspected of concealing the source of its oil imports from Iran. On 28 June 2010 Total announced that it would cease shipments of oil products to Iran following adoption by the United States of economic sanctions against the country.

Western Sahara oil exploration

In October 2001, Total signed a contract for oil-reconnaissance in areas offshore Western Sahara (near Dakhla), with the "Moroccan Office National de Recherches et d’Exploitations Petrolières" (ONAREP). In January 2002, Hans Corell (the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs) stated in a letter to the President of the Security Council that whenever the contracts are only for exploration they're not illegal, but if further exploration or exploitation are against the interests and wishes of the people of Western Sahara, they would be in violation of the principles of international law. Finally, Total decided did not renew their license off Western Sahara.

Head office

The company has its head office in the Tour Total in the La Défense district in Courbevoie, France, near Paris.The building was originally constructed between 1983 and 1985 for Elf Aquitaine; Total SA acquired the building after its merger with Elf in 2000.

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Top 20 (Twenty) Best Companies By Revenue

List of companies by revenue ( Assets )Sorted out 1st Rank than Company name than primary buisness than Revenue than Headquarters than name of CEO,compensation.

Rank 1:-
        Walmart Retailing
 $418.952
 Bentonville, Arkansas, United States
 Mike Duke,

Rank 2:-
        ExxonMobil Oil and gas
 $370.125
 Texas, United States
 Rex W. Tillerson

Rank 3:-
        Royal Dutch Shell Oil and gas
 $368.056
 Netherlands and London, United Kingdom
 Peter Voser

Rank 4:-
        BP Oil and gas
 $297.107
 London, England, United Kingdom
 Robert Dudley

Rank 5:-
        Sinopec Oil and gas
 $289.774
 Beijing, China
 Jiming Wang

Rank 6:-
        PetroChina Oil and gas
 $221.955
 Beijing, China
 Zhou Jiping

Rank 7:-
        Total S.A. Oil and gas
 $212.815
 Courbevoie, Île-de-France, France
 Christophe de Margerie

Rank 8:-
        Chevron Oil and gas
 $204.928
 San Ramon, California, United States
 David J. O'Reilly

Rank 9:-
        Toyota Motors
 Automotive $203.687
 Toyota, Aichi, Japan
 Fujio Cho

Rank 10:-
        Japan Post Holdings Conglomerate
 $200.995
 Government-owned  Tokyo, Japan
 Jiro Saito

Rank 11:-
        ConocoPhillips Oil and gas
 $198.655
 Houston, Texas, United States
 James Mulva

Rank 12:-
        Vitol Raw material
 $195.0
 Private Rotterdam, Netherlands and Geneva, Switzerland -
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Rank 13:-
        State Grid Corporation of China Electricity
 $184.561 Government-owned
 Beijing, China Liu
 Zhenya

Rank 14:-
        Saudi Aramco Oil and gas
 $182.369
 Government-owned  Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
 Khalid A. Al-Falih

Rank 15:-
        Samsung Electronics Conglomerate
 $172.500  Samsung
 Town, Seoul, South Korea
 Lee Kun-hee

Rank 16:-
        Volkswagen Group Automotive
 $169.53  Wolfsburg,
 Lower Saxony, Germany
 Martin Winterkorn

Rank 17:-
        General Electric Conglomerate
 $150.211
 Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
 Jeffrey Immelt

Rank 18:-
        Glencore International Raw materials
 $144.978
 Private  Baar, Switzerland
 Ivan Glasenberg

Rank 19:-
        Allianz Financial services
 $142.24
 Munich, Bavaria, Germany
 Michael Diekmann

Rank 20:-
        ING Group Financial services
 $140.729
 Amsterdam, Netherlands
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World Maps Information and Images

Costa Rica World Map Image

About The World Map

Although the fundamental purpose of maps is to distinguish and supply divisions between two different nations, the use of world maps and atlas has spread through various walks of life.

World Map By Divisions

Maps can be employed to depict the wide selection of numerous parts of the planet. 1 can signify the varied cultural, geographical, standard, industrial and numerous other versions of various areas. Interactive globe maps are utilized in different internet sites of political organizations, tourist and travel, academic institutes and various corporate bodies.

The schooling business has now turn out to be global. Most of the universities across the world consider up different initiatives to entice foreign college students. Foreign pupils are of huge diplomatic interest to different governments throughout the world. The most well-known locations are Australia, United Kingdom and United States of America.

Universities throughout the planet have come up with the concept of using interactive maps in their official internet sites to depict the bordering areas for the advantage of traveling pupils. Say for example, a university student is traveling to Australia from India. Now we can certainly presume that the fascinated university student would not have adequate information about the place if he is traveling for the first time, which typically is the scenario.

Using interactive maps in the official web site of the desired university would help the college student to acquire all information that he needs. Ranging from accommodation facility accessible about the university, to foods outlets or emergency solutions like nearest hospital, police station or even the nearest embassy of his nation all info would be easily accessible to the college student without having any trouble.

East Asia Map

Therefore these days a lot of universities have began depicting this sort of details by means of the use of maps. Many even present their map in the format of a flash mapping video game. This has inevitably improved the visitors and college students can now experience assured and secure that they have almost all the info about the spot they are relocating for handful of years leaving at the rear of their family.

 Political World Map

Maps are also used in instructional subjects like geography and historical past and even economics. Gone are the days when maps were only related to geography. Now even economics can be taught making use of interactive maps. Depicting various info about different locations turns into a lot easier and user-pleasant and studying becomes entertaining. Climatic distinction, agricultural difference, industrial variation and several more crucial elements can be simply created understandable via the use of maps.

Partial Europe Middle East Asia Partial Russia Partial Africa Map

Most importantly studying by means of the use of colorful interactive maps is much a lot more intriguing and every student can easily trace what ever details he wants by toggling about the map with the mouse. Therefore, we must say the use of maps is gradual and steadily crossing obstacles.

Mankind has always been curious to learn and know about some thing that is unfamiliar or is actually far off. But with the advent of contemporary technology, virtual maps have made the world a more compact and a a lot more related spot.

East Asia political map

Topographic map of the world and ocean floors, in flat projection

Topographic map of East Asia

Map of America

South East Asia

South East Asia Political map

World Clock for Desktop

Desktop world clock TimeLeft is free desktop world clock software. Using TimeLeft free desktop world clock you can create a clock and program it to display time in any world time zone. With TimeLeft Deluxe you can create unlimited amount of world clocks, place them conveniently on your desktop and see at any moment what time is now in any place in the world.

More about TimeLeft TimeLeft is a countdown, reminder, clock, alarm clock, tray clock, stopwatch, timer, sticker, auction watch, web countdown and time synchronization utility. TimeLeft has tons of features and options, at the same time it is user-friendly and very easy to use. Try TimeLeft and you will be surprised at its versatility. Main features TimeLeft software implements a Desktop world clock that can be displayed as a separate floating window or can be built in the system tray instead of the standard Windows trayclock. TimeLeft atomic clock can help you to always have an accurate time on your PC - this is very important if you use your PC to plan events, meetings etc. TimeLeft Desktop world clock, when used as a separate floating window, is very convenient for those of you who prefer to have Windows taskbar hidden. You can resize your Desktop world clock up to the screen size (full screen). You can setup your Desktop world clock to display time in any time zone. You can choose to display time in 12-hour or 24 (military) format. You can change Desktop world clock layout. For example, you can setup your Desktop world clock to display date and time or date only. You can define Desktop world clock title. It is very convenient if you have a few clocks on your desktop.

The World Clock-Informations

The timeanddate.com World Clock has been an accurate and reliable source of time for over 15 years and is constantly being updated to suit the needs of users.

There are four World Clocks that are offered on the site:

• The Main World Clock
• The Extended/Full World Clock
• The Personal World Clock
• The Fixed Time World Clock

The Main World Clock

The Main World Clock features a list of all the cities that are the largest and most known cities all over the world. It is the most commonly used of the World Clocks. Here you can select among several selections of cities, which will take you to the city’s information page that has more detailed information about the city.

The Extended/Full World Clock

The Extended/Full World Clock will display a large list of cities/places known to the World Clock. The list is rather big, so it may take some time loading. Although this is the extended list, some cities still may not be shown but they are still available through the Search engine located at the top of the list.

Sort Options

There are three different ways to sort the table:

• Alphabetically by city-name.
• Alphabetically by country
• By increasing time.

You can also sort the list based on continents located above the list. This feature is available for all of our World Clocks and will show all cities for a particular continent. To get an in-depth view of a continent, there is a version for Africa, North/Latin America, South America, Asia, Europe and Australia/Pacific Islands.

Change World Clock Settings

The World Clock settings can be changed to your specific needs by selecting the “Change Settings (AM/PM or 24-hour)” button located at the top of the World Clock list. A pop-up box will appear where you can select the different visual options for your World Clock.

Name Display

Select from the given drop-down menu whether you would like to have the Name Display be Automatic, or show the City only, or the Country and City.

Time Format

Choose from a variety of time formats from the given drop-down menu. The most commonly used formats will be located at the top of the list.

Display Seconds

Decide if you would like to have the seconds be shown automatically updating in the World Clock or if you would like to hide the updating seconds.

Display Abbreviation

Select “Yes” if you would like to show the time zone abbreviation for each city or select “No” if you would like to hide the time zone abbreviation in the World Clock list.

Mark DST

You can choose if you would to show which cities that are observing DST and how it will be displayed on the World Clock list. You can choose to mark cities currently observing DST with an asterisk (*) or with text (DST).

Columns

The World Clock is defaulted to be shown in 3 columns, but users have the option of choosing the amount of columns to show the World Clock list. You can have up to 8 columns. 

The Personal World Clock

The Personal World Clock allows you to select up to 25 cities or locations that you frequently communicate with to have displayed on a separate page. The site will remember your selected cities so they will appear each time you visit. It is available in two versions, normal and applet. The applet version offers analog clock faces, but requires that Java is enabled on your computer.

The Fixed Time World Clock

Are you planning a web cast, online chat, teleconference call or other event where users from all over the world might participate? The Fixed Time World Clock is the fast and convenient way to tell others what time an upcoming international event will occur in their local time zone. You can select a city and a time in the past or future, then the time all over the world at that moment will be displayed.

Background history

The World Clock was originally made in November 1995 and it has been very popular, with millions of page views on the old site. It was moved to timeanddate.com in May 1998. The World Clock was 15 years old in November 2010.

Herbs That Help Shed Pounds

There are herbs you can add to your diet as supplements, teas, and foods that will help your weight loss program go smoothly. Besides, there are several herbs which contain sympathomimetics and xanthine compounds synergistically increase the body's basal metabolic rate to increase the burning of calories and fat, act as mild stimulants, and suppress the appetite.

The action of certain herbs "trick" the brain into thinking the stomach is full.

Herbs that cause weight loss can be classified as:
1. Stimulants: encourage the body to burn more calories.
2. Diuretics: cause the body to excrete water through excess urine.
3. Cathartics: cause evacuation of the bowels, reduce calorie consumption by impeding full digestion.
4. Appetite suppressants: reduce hunger by expanding in the stomach, altering mood, or satisfying taste.

Alfalfa

Aids digestion and acts as a diuretic. The active components of alfalfa include its saponin content. Studies indicate that saponins help make fats more soluable, and they may play a role in maintaining the health of blood vessels. The leaves also contain flavones, isoflavones and sterols.

Bladder Wrack Kelp 

Kelp is a type of seaweed and it can be bought in pills, tinctures, and dried. It is delicious and can be used a salt substitute, or eaten as a snack. One of the ways it works is by strengthening the thyroid, which can increase the metabolism. The other way it works is by giving your body easily absorbed nutrients which feed the body on a cellular level which reduces cravings. It is a bulk laxative.

Chickweed

In several studies it has shown its ability to break down fat molecules. It is usually recommend in combination with burdock root which helps balance oils and fats in the body; the chickweed breaks down the fat and the burdock helps transport it out of the body. As a tea, it is an effective way to curb cravings, assist digestion, and help lose weight.

Burdock

Improves fat metabolism and acts as a diuretic. Active ingredients include inulin, polyphenolic acids, and non-hydroxy acids. It is an excellent herbal blood purifier that detoxifies the blood and lymphatic system. It is high in iron, and can help build blood during times of low hemoglobin. Burdock is also considered a mild laxative. Burdock aids in the elimination of uric acid.

Burdock root can also help to reduce cravings and hunger and thus assist in weight loss. The best way to use burdock root for weight loss is as a standard decoction: Bring water to a boil, pour in about an ounce of dried burdock root, gently simmer for ten to twenty minutes, and allow to cool. Drink between meals.

Cardamom

A thermogenic herb. One of Cardamom's main uses is as a digestive aid due to its soothing and antispasmodic properties. Studies have shown it may help with any digestive condition.

Cayenne

Improves circulation and digestion. Has thermogenic effects. In one study it was shown that cayenne increased core body temperature, which in turn increased the metabolism and caused the participants to lose more weight then the group not taking cayenne.e.

Cinnamon

Creates a thermogenic burn. It reduces cholesterol levels – in particular, lowering bad cholesterol while leaving good cholesterol the same. It is cinnamon’s effect on blood sugar that makes it a potential help in the war against obesity, insulin resistance, sometimes known as "prediabetes," and the "Metabolic Syndrome." Cinnamon can be used in its powdered or stick form, adding it to drinks and foods, or as a supplement.

Dandelion Root

Aids fat metabolism by affecting the liver. By acting to remove poisons from the body, it acts as a tonic and stimulant as well.

Nettles

Nettles is high in nutrition (rich in vitamins C and E and minerals such as calcium, magnesium, iron, silica, and potassium, which are important for healing broken bones, muscle strains, and tendon injuries.) and helps clears toxins but it also has a effect on weight loss that isn’t clearly understood, but it is believed that it helps by feeding the cells on a deeper level which reduces cravings. Nettle tea is used to curb appetite and cravings and assist in weight loss.

Fennel

A diuretic that reduces hunger and improves energy. Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare) seed and nettle (Urtica dioica) leaves make a useful tea for weight loss. Use one teaspoon fennel seed and two teaspoons nettle leaves to three cups water. Do not exceed the recommended dose. Fennel is potentially toxic.

Prepare fennel seed tea: 4 tsp. of seeds in 2 pints of boiling water and simmer for 5 minutes. Remove from heat, keep the container covered, and allow to stand for 15 minutes, then strain. 1 cup 3 or 4 times per day, cool or heated.

Gymnema Sylvestre

It decreases sugar cravings by acting on the pancreas enabling it to maintain a steady blood sugar, which decreases cravings and hypoglycemia

Flax Seed

A bulk laxative that helps curb hunger. Loaded with vitamins and phytonutrients, it is an excellent source of protein and fiber, flaxseed is nature's gift to health! Besides stabilizing the body sugar levels, flax expands five times in bulk when ingested. Flax taken half an hour before meals will help you eat less, so you will lose weight while simultaneously strengthening your immune system.

Garcinia Cantbogia

Aids fat metabolism and reduces hunger. This herb is currently used in the United States as a component of weight loss formulas. Various species of South Asian plants of the genus Garcinia (particularly Garcinia cantbogia) have high contents of hydroxycitrate (HCA), which is the active ingredient in this and many other currently marketed weight loss products. However, it has not yet been shown, in controlled studies published in the scientific literature, to be effective in weight loss in humans.

Preliminary research suggests that garcinia inhibits the accumulation of lipid droplets in fat cells and thereby reduces lipid levels and decreases lipid accumulation in the liver. The hydroxycitrate acid (HCA) found in garcinia is also theorized to improve exercise endurance by increasing lipid oxidation and decreasing carbohydrate utilization . A dosage of, an extract containing 50% hydroxycitric acid, 1000 mg three times daily has been used for weight loss.

Green Tea

Aids fat metabolism and increases energy. Clinical studies conducted by Dr. Abdul Dulloo, of the University of Geneva in Switzerlands brought the conclusion that green tea weight loss programs raises metabolic rates and speeds up fat oxidation.

As part of their study, the investigators measured the 24-hour energy expenditure of 10 healthy men receiving three doses of caffeine (50 mg), green tea extract (containing 50 mg caffeine and 90 mg epigallocatechin), or a 'dummy' placebo per day. The study authors report that, compared with placebo, subject taking green tea extract had a "significant increase" (+4%) in daily energy expenditure.

Green tea extract may also help dieters shed fat. This effect is due to increase in energy expenditure.

Guar Gum

Helps to reduce hunger and has a laxative effect. As a weight loss product, it have been used to promote normal gastrointestinal motility and maintain fecal bulk. It has been noted to decrease appetite by providing a "feeling of fullness."

Precautions: Guar gum and guar gum preparations have been implicated in esophageal obstruction. The water-retaining capacity of the gum permits it to swell to 10 to 20 fold and has led to gastrointestinal obstructions. Guar gum has also been known to cause significant fluctuations in blood glucose (sugar) levels, thus diabetic patients should not use these preparations.

Hawthorn

Reduces blood fat and improves circulation. Hawthorn berry helps with stagnant, undigested food accumulated in the stomach, they also stimulate the adrenal glands and improve thyroid function.

Kola Nut

A stimulant that decreases appetite and aids in the metabolism of fat. Kola nuts are stimulants like caffeine. Kola nut is used extensively by natives of western and central Africa, and also in Brazil.

Parsley

A diuretic and nutritional aid. Juicing recipes with carrot or parsley juice help curb the appetite & reduce hunger cravings. Besides, Carrot or parsley juices can also help maintain proper blood sugar levels, reducing the blood sugar swing that you can experience when on a weight loss program It is one of the highest sources of life-giving chlorophyll which acts like iron to oxidize the blood. Look for healthy, dark green leaves.

Phyllium

Helps to curb hunger and allows the elimination of wastes from the body. Herbalists say that the weight-loss effect of plantain and psyllium is related to the spongy fiber (mucilage) in the seeds and to specific chemicals (polyphenols) in the leaves.

In one Italian study, scientists gave women who were seriously obese (over 60 percent over their recommended weight) three grams of plantain in water 30 minutes before meals. The plantain group lost more weight than a similar group of women who simply cut back on their diet. Recommended Dose: Take a teaspoonful of psyllium mixed well with a glass of juice or water. Take it before each meal.

Senna
An all natural laxative. It stimulates the colon, leading to the increased metabolism of fat.

Red pepper (Capsicum), Hit Mustard, and other hot spices
Scientists have found that people who took hot spicy foods (adding a teaspoon of red-pepper sauce and a teaspoon of mustard to meal) raised their metabolic rates by as much as 25 percent. The hot spice also stimulates thirst, so you drink more liquids that also helps in gaining less weight.

Citrus Aurantium

It is a commonly used Chinese herb to improve stomach and gastrointestinal function. Recent research has shown that it may be as effective as ephedra in increasing thermogenesis in the body without the side effects that often result with the use of ephedra. Thermogenesis is the process through which the body converts stored fat into energy and body heat. Increasing the thermogenic process in the body may increase weight loss. Citrus aurantium, or Zhi Shi, contains a combination of adrenergic amines. These are synephrine, N-methyltyramine, hordenine, octopamine, and tyramine. All of these substances have been shown to have powerful thermogenic properties. When this herb is used along with moderate exercise and a healthy diet, it may assist with weight loss.

Instead of just using dried, capsulated, herbal products, start including *whole* herbs in your life. Eat them everyday, as fresh as possible, (e.g. take walks, check out the vegetable stand, or tend a garden), everyday. Instead of taking a capsule, eat a handful of fresh parsley. Experiment with tasting each of your favorite culinary herbs made up as "diet" tea. Collect dandelion leaves, plantain, mints, lettuce, whatever, and whip it up in your blender as special diet "green drink." Almost no calories in most herbs. Eating and living with herbs can bring you a lifestyle which may be more conducive to weight loss.

Herbs can be used to assist in the weight loss process, while they may not be enough on their own, when used in combination with dietary changes and mild exercise can make most weight loss attempts very successful.

NOTE: Before attempting to loose weight, be sure you know why you have a problem, and then choose the herbs according to your personal condition and needs