Saturday, August 29, 2015

A glass of water before each meal could help in weight reduction

A glass of water is preferable to a "bottle" of water, for the sake of the environment, which eventually affects our own health. Also, plastic bottles can leach harmful chemicals into the water.

Since participants were encouraged to drink tap water, why did the article refer to "bottles"?

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-08/uob-abo082615.php

Public Release: 26-Aug-2015
A bottle of water before each meal could help in weight reduction, researchers say
University of Birmingham

Researchers from the University of Birmingham have shown that drinking 500ml of water at half an hour before eating main meals may help obese adults to lose weight. They believe that the simple intervention could be hugely beneficial, and be easily promoted by healthcare professionals and through public health campaigns.

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Those who reported preloading before all three main meals in the day reported a loss of 4.3kg (9.48lbs) over the 12 weeks, whereas those who only preloaded once, or not at all, only lost an average of 0.8kg (1.76lbs).

Dr Helen Parretti, NIHR Clinical Lecturer at the University of Birmingham, explained, "The beauty of these findings is in the simplicity. Just drinking a pint of water, three times a day, before your main meals may help reduce your weight."

"When combined with brief instructions on how to increase your amount of physical activity and on a healthy diet, this seems to help people to achieve some extra weight loss - at a moderate and healthy rate. It's something that doesn't take much work to integrate into our busy everyday lives."

Participants were encouraged to drink tap water. Sparkling water, sodas or sweetened drinks were not allowed as part of the study.

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