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Episode 73: Water And Weight Loss
Water And Weight Loss
Like green tea, drinking water is also one of the hacks, often suggested as a great way to “lose weight”. But have you ever given it a thought as to how real the benefits of drinking water are? Join me in today’s quick episode and be ready for some numbers as I lay down to you the data and evidence of how water impacts weight loss, overall health, and wellbeing.
Key Highlights:
Tune in to this conversation and learn:
- How drinking water before meals reduces the risk of being overweight and decreases energy intake for about 13%
- How mere promotion of water in classroom lessons and installing water fountains in schools can significantly increase water consumption of students and reduce the overweight rate by 31%
- How BMI, overweight, and obesity of students were affected by the installation of waterjets in schools
- Why simply drinking water leads to easier loss of body weight and fat over time
- The significant association between inadequate hydration and elevated BMI and obesity
- How the replacement of one serving per day of a sugar-sweetened beverage (or fruit juice) by one cup of water slows down weight gain
- What you can do to gradually increase your daily water intake
Practical Ways on How to Increase Water Intake:
- Start drinking water more consciously.
- You can always carry a water bottle with you.
- Keep the water in front of you.
- Having water always in front of you will motivate you to drink water more frequently.
- Replace tea or coffee with hot water.
- Try heating water and sipping it from a cup. It will also feel very satisfying.
- Add fresh fruits to your water.
- Adding the fruits to your water really gives it a very nice and mild flavor.
- If you’re feeling hungry, don’t eat right away.
- Try checking in with yourself first. The brain sometimes mimics thirst as hunger, even when you are just thirsty and all you need is water.
Quotes:
“Water is critical for the proper functioning of our bodies.”
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