Can You Really Lose Weight By Drinking More Water!

Water is an essential nutrient your body needs to use to burn body fat! That’s why drinking water to lose weight is an important consideration in your weight loss program. We are made up of 55-75% water - that’s a lot of water! We need all of it for chemical reactions in physiological processes to burn fat and calories. It’s also used to transfer by-products of waste (from fat breakdown) away and out of our bodies. In some cases, when you’re dehydrated and there isn't enough water to dilute the body's waste products, kidney stones may form. The liver then has to step in to help the kidney. This taxes the liver, causing it to perform poorly for its other functions. This is really bad for weight loss because one of the major functions of the liver is to burn fat.

Another healthy benefit of drinking water is that it helps maintain the body’s proper balance of body fluids. And it’s essential for replacing the large amounts of water lost each day. But drinking more water is not a magic diet formula.

Drinking water is certainly important for overall health and is a great choice for hydration because it is calorie and caffeine free. However, simply drinking water doesn't impact your hunger. Thirst and hunger are sensed by different mechanisms in your body. Thirst develops from a rise in electrolytes in your blood or a decrease in blood volume. Hunger signals stem from declines of available fuel (such as glucose) in your body. Because of these separate mechanisms, it is unlikely that your body confuses thirst with hunger.

Studies comparing people who drink water immediately before, or during, meals with those that don't drink water show no difference in the amount of calories that they consume. Drinking water can help with weight loss if you find that, in the absence of hunger, you still eat just to have something in your mouth. Drinking water, instead of eating, in these instances can help you decrease your overall daily calorie intake.

Each day, drink enough water so that your urine is clear. A recent study showed that your metabolic rate jumps within 10 minutes of drinking ice-cold water, and it stays up for an additional 30 minutes after you drink it. Research has also found that drinking an average of 6.5 cups of water per day helped people consume 200 fewer calories a day.

Drinking water is essential for keeping energy up, aiding the metabolism, burning fat, and more. It's the fluid your body needs for life, and it's an instrumental part in your weight loss. Other fluids can be useful, but water is obviously the best choice as it is calorie free. Forget about that whole eight cups a day thing, instead keep yourself hydrated whenever you can and the benefits of it are just good for your body and your health.

So stay Hydrated and stay fit!

...Divya