Let's clear out some losing weight myths...

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I heard about many suggestions of what to do in order to lose weight. Some I tried some not yet... But I just wanted to ask you guys what do you know about some of them, have you ever tried any? And did they work? First, green tea! I received maaaany advices on drinking green tea, I treid it for more than a month, though I haven't noticed that miraculos change they were all talking about. Then there's the yogurt. I heard that people who eat 1 serving of yogurt daily are healthier than those who don't. Also, they were saying it helps on losing weight, too. Third is water... They all say that drinking a lot of water (at least 8 glasses) daily helps weight loss. I don't know if this is true or not, I usually don't drink more than 3 - 4 glasses daily. But I don't understand the connection. How does water help weight loss? Fourth, there's the meals' timing. Does it actually help if you eat 5 - 6 small meals/day rather than 2 - 3 balanced ones? I could never eat like that. I usually eat twice (in the morning/afternoon and in the evening) And on the same subject, is it true that eating breakfast speeds up your metabolism? I use dto skip it many times because I didn't have time or other reasons. Fifth - cereals. Do they really help? And do they reffer to raw cereals or do products made out of cereals work, too? Like bread and other stuff. Another one is the bread... Is brown bread really better than other types? I recently heard that wholemeal bread is healthier. The 7th one is about exercising. Someone told me that if you exercise in the morning on an empty stomach you lose more weight. I never understood why, but probably because your body doesn't have any calories in, so it has to burn the existent fat. Is this true? And the sugar, is it better to replace the regular white sugar with brown one? I heard (and I believe this now) that brown sugar is just white sugar not being processed to make it white. So it has the same value only that it's... raw... Or is it better to replace any kind of sugar with substitues like splenda? The 9th and I guess this is the last one (I can't think of any others right now) does it all end up to burning more calories than you take in, afterall? I noticed lately people started developing such complex diets and started many myths on what you should do to lose weight more efficiently, for me it seems like they're overreacting. Doesn't it all resume to burning more calories than you take in on a regular day? Meaning that you can eat anything, as long as you exercise to burn more calories? So thanks for taking the time to read all these! I hope you'll help me clear out the fake advices from the facts.