photo credit: Mr. Addi[/caption]You probably have heard about it and maybe even experienced with it: Drinking water in order to lose weight. Now it is scientifically proven, as reported by discovery.com.The study was actually done some time ago, but only now gained broader publicity.
The results of a recently done study showed, that participants who wanted to loose weight had to drink two cups of water before their meals. This resulted in an average increased weigh loss of about 5 pounds, compared to a group of study participants who just ate their diet meals without drinking additional water.
The two groups were also examined one year after the dieting study. The persons who drank additional water had kept more of their weight off. The study was done on adults, but scientist have reason to believe that similar results would be gotten if teenagers would drink more water in addition to their diet.
Why water helps to loose weight is still a matter of discussion. But probably it is just the fact that the body needs to heat up the additional water, combined with the full-feeling. If you drink two glasses of water you usually feel less hungry and as a result you would eat a little less. Also the additional water makes it possible for the digestive system to really digest the food that you eat, which results in less hunger signals after the meals. It takes longer until you feel hungry again.
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