Cold water diet?
Posted on Nov 6th 2007 5:48PM by Martha EdwardsFiled Under: Celebs & Entertainment
Thumbing through a very tabloid-ish magazine the other day, I came across an article promising to reveal the secret behind Mel B's weight loss. Here's the deal: Ex-Spice Girl Mel gave birth a mere few months ago to Eddie Murphy's baby, got married to someone else a short while later and is now competing on Dancing with the Stars looking very fit and in-shape.
So how did she do it? She claims to hate 'dieting', and swears that drinking cold water gave her the body of her dreams, because your body burns calories trying to warm the water up. This sounds a bit hokey if you ask me. Celebrity Diet Doctor recently looked into her so-called diet trick, and he insists that while theoretically, this extra calorie burn does happen when you have your water ice-cold, it would only really lead to a 2 or 3 pound weight loss per year at best.
Still, drinking water is important, so if you want to drink it ice-cold, go for it. However, I will stick to water at a room temperature in the interest of my sensitive teeth.
So how did she do it? She claims to hate 'dieting', and swears that drinking cold water gave her the body of her dreams, because your body burns calories trying to warm the water up. This sounds a bit hokey if you ask me. Celebrity Diet Doctor recently looked into her so-called diet trick, and he insists that while theoretically, this extra calorie burn does happen when you have your water ice-cold, it would only really lead to a 2 or 3 pound weight loss per year at best.
Still, drinking water is important, so if you want to drink it ice-cold, go for it. However, I will stick to water at a room temperature in the interest of my sensitive teeth.
