The Best Weight Loss Drink in the World
You may have heard me say before that I consider water the greatest weight loss drink in the world. Water is needed for virtually every metabolic process. It helps flush toxins out of the body. It helps give you energy. And much of what we perceive as hunger -- driving us to overeat -- is actually thirst.
But even though every nutritionist I know recommends drinking plenty of water, we haven't always had a lot of research to back up what most of us "knew" intuitively.
Now we have some!
In two separate studies (both published in recent issues of the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism), researchers found that within 10 minutes of drinking about a pint of water, metabolic rates in both men and women begin to increase as much as 24 to 30 percent. If you drink this much water every day upon rising, it can result in burning an extra 17,400 calories a year -- for a loss of five extra pounds. Just from drinking water!
To determine the ideal amount of water you should drink on a daily basis, just take your current weight and divide by two. That's the number of ounces you should aim for.
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