{"id":298,"date":"2008-10-31T06:24:48","date_gmt":"2008-10-31T04:24:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.ultimatefatburner.com\/?p=298"},"modified":"2015-02-12T21:11:19","modified_gmt":"2015-02-13T02:11:19","slug":"water-and-weight-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/ufb-blog\/water-and-weight-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"Water and Weight Loss"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just eyeballed this study abstract – Drinking Water Is Associated With Weight Loss in Overweight Dieting Women Independent of Diet and Activity<\/a> – and figured I’d pass it on. <\/p>\n

Ok, it’s an epidemiological study, so it’s tough to draw a “cause and effect” conclusion here. But we can speculate…what is there about drinking water that might enhance weight loss?<\/p>\n

Well, for one thing, water may be replacing higher calorie beverages. An earlier study by the same research group<\/a> demonstrated that simply replacing sweetened, caloric beverages with water was associated with an average decrease in total energy intake of 200 kcal\/day – a significant amount. The beauty of it was that a) it was a simple intervention; and b) the calorie deficit was not negated by a compensatory increase in calories from other food\/beverage sources. Thus, the water drinkers in this most recent study may have been consuming fewer liquid calories.<\/p>\n

Water drinking may also have reduced their intake of solid food too. Two separate studies have shown that pre-meal water consumption can reduce subsequent food intake in both older obese<\/a> and non-obese adults<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Mild dehydration is also associated with fatigue and impaired exercise performance<\/a>…the water drinkers may have been better hydrated, and more active overall – which would increase the number of daily calories burned (and, as we know, every little bit counts<\/a>).<\/p>\n

At any rate, if you’re looking to lose weight, you’ll do yourself no harm by making sure you’re well-hydrated. It’s not just a good habit for your health…it looks like it could help with your waistline as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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