Water can boost your metabolism and help you shed pounds
May 14, 2009 by Deb
I consider water to be the greatest weight-loss drink in the world. Why? Much of what we perceive as hunger, driving us to overeat, is actually thirst. So for over a decade now I’ve been recommending that clients calculate the number of ounces of water they should drink daily by taking their weight and dividing by 2.
But I confess there wasn’t a lot of research to back up what most of us trainers knew intuitively. Now we have some!
In two studies published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, researchers found that within 10 minutes of drinking about a pint of water, metabolic rates in both men and women begin to increase by as much as 24 to 30 percent. Other drinks tested didn’t have the same effect. Based on these study results, drinking this much water every day could burn 17,400 calories a year, for a loss of five pounds. Now granted, that’s not a lot of weight, but added to all the other benefits of water, the little bit of weight loss is a bonus!!
Remember start drinking your water first thing in the morning and continue drinking all day long. If you are not drinking 1/2 your body weight in ounces, start slowly and increase amount drinking until your body gets used it and you reach that desired amount. Your body will adjust and get used to drinking that much water and you will feel great! Drink up!
Deb
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