Water and Weight loss
- Water is a a natural, fat-free appetite suppressant that contains no calories and no cholesterol.
- It is low in sodium, helps your body metabolize fat, improves energy levels, and helps maintain skin and muscle tone.
- Most weight
loss research suggests that dieters who replace sugary drinks with
water lose more weight, those who drink a couple of more cups of water
a day increase more weight loss, and sugary drinks are linked with the increase of obesity.
- Most
popular diet programs and books advise drinking plenty of water to aid
digestion and to help reduce intake of sodas, and other high-calorie
drinks, but there haven't been many studies to back up the advice.
- Water maybe the least expensive weight loss aid in the market today!
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A sample Water and Weight Loss research project
A group of researchers analyzed weight-loss data on 240 overweight women, ages 25 to 50, who were following one of several popular diet plans, including Atkins and The Zone, programs that restrict carbohydrate consumption to varying degrees.
Before beginning their programs, the women drank an average of about two cans a day of sugary drinks (about 200 calories total), including soda and juice.
Findings:
- Dieters who replaced virtually all sweetened drinks with water lost an average 5 pounds more in a year than dieters who didn't.
- Those who drank more than four cups of water a day lost an additional 2 pounds more than dieters who did not drink that much.
- Drinking water can help you lose weight, partially because you are replacing some calories, and there may be additional reasons related to the total volume of water that we don't understand.
- The great news is that water displaced the consumption of sweetened beverages.
Weight Loss Tips
- Drinking more Water is a powerful way to cut weight.
- It doesn't matter if you drink bottled water or tap water - just drink more water!
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