Water diet facts

American scientists have found that drinking two glasses of water before meals helps to early saturation and lower calorie intake, which helps to lose weight, says EurekAlert!.

A study conducted by the staff of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and attended by 48 people aged 55 to 75 years, divided into two groups. During the survey they used the same low-calorie foods. At the same time, volunteers from the experimental group before eating drinking about 480 milliliters of pure water, and the control group did not.

It was found that participants who drank water before a meal consumed by 75-90 kcal lower than controls at every meal. As a result, after 12 weeks of the experiment the average weight loss in the experimental group was more than seven pounds against the parent of five kilograms in the control. There are no side effects from the "water diet" was not observed.

Lose weight with water

The most dangerous thing - this is when diabetics lose weight and tends to quickly begins to whip the water to 4-5 liters per day, besides giving up the salt. The consequence of this foolish passion may be the appearance of seizures and even heart attack. In 2008 the UK lost 40-year-old woman who is very attracted to water and diet, dropping to 3 weeks of 6.5 kg of excess weight, got in return a violation of electrolyte balance in body and brain edema. Cause of death was defined as an accident.

Ideally, sitting on a water diet, you need to drink about 2 liters of water a day, and if you exercise - as much as you want, that is, will be demanded by the body.

In general, the main thing "golden" rule of diet on the water is this: if you have a desire to have a meal - "to eat" clean water, but do not get carried away. Results should be in moderation - and water, and food.

Simple Diet

Dieticians recommending water diet, to drink non-carbonated water, you can melt if it is possible to cook. Drinking coffee, tea, soda, beer or wine leads to dehydration, as These drinks have a diuretic effect.

To comply with the water almost all the suitable diet mineral water. Those, who have diseased kidneys, mineral water is highly recommended. For the prevention of osteoporosis should drink water with elevated levels of calcium ions.
Moderate water diet gives a person relief from toxic substances, contributes to the fortress of immunity, resulting in openwork metabolism, moistens the joints and cover fabric.

How long will sit on a water diet, everyone can decide for himself. The easiest way to do this by evaluating the color of urine. If urine is dark or cloudy, it means that the body of water did not significantly enough and should continue to water diet. But too much water, too, is fraught with problems because of the body are washed away, and minerals may increase intracranial

Water diet is very simple

Too simple! so many people just not believe it's really effective. Meanwhile, the effectiveness of the aquatic diet is easily explained: a man must learn to distinguish hunger from thirst. Often the desire to snack is deceptive, and should drink a cup of water as hunger blunted or disappear altogether. On this principle built a water diet.

 Water diet starts at early morning. Immediately upon awakening on an empty stomach, you should drink a glass of water. The same thing is done and before bedtime, because it improves the functioning of the body. Breakfast can be no earlier than half an hour, and then eat the whole day all that are accustomed to, and only in between meals, when suddenly want something to eat, drink water. If it was not hunger, thirst and yet, the urge to snack away. If hunger is not pass, then he'll have to surrender, but without fanaticism.

The water should be drunk at room temperature, because the cold (or ice) water slows down the metabolic processes in the body that can lead to unwanted weight gain.

During the meal, drink water is highly undesirable, because it dilutes the gastric juice, resulting in part of the food consumed is in the "granary" of the organism, ie, deposited as fat. Especially dangerous proximity of water and flour products.