Do you know that if you’ve been depriving yourself from drinking water (lots of it), you may be missing out on an easy way to jump start your weight loss.
Yes people, drinking plain water may help you speed up your weight loss effort. In fact, researchers found that if a person drank 17 ounces of water, he or she may be burning as much as 30% more calories than when those who didn’t drink the water. The raised metabolic rate lasted, on average, for half an hour.
Increasing water intake obviously speeds up metabolism and enables your body to better digest nutrients from the foods and nutritional supplements you consume, the result being natural and healthy weight loss.
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There are many forms of metabolism going in your body right now, but everyone is talking about it, the fat metabolism. This is something you do when the liver converts stored fat for energy. The liver has other functions, but this is one of its main tasks.
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The quantity and the quality of the water we consume determine the body’s ability to metabolize and shed excess fat and properly maintain the largest organ, the skin.
For the average person, experts suggest getting at least 64 ounces of water daily or eight 8-ounce glasses. If you are on a diet to lose weight, it is more important to consume more and keep drinking water throughout the day, unless you have any medical condition that doesn’t allow much water intake.
A good guide for daily intake is to drink 1 ounce of water for every 2 pounds of body weight. A 200 pound person should be drinking around 100 ounces (12. 5 cups) of water in order the gain the benefits of increased energy and metabolism.
If exercising is part of a weight loss program a bit more water should be included to account for water loss from sweating. Drinking water before, during and after exercise will keep energy levels high and help recovery after training.
Oh yes, just make sure that the water consumption is spread out throughout the day. It’s not healthy at all to drink too much water at one time. Try to pick three or four times a day when you can have a big glass of water, and then sip in between.
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