Water and weight loss

 A sufficient amount of water contributes to the normalization of metabolic processes and helps to lose weight. It is noticed that the use of clean drinking water up to 1.5-2 liters per day speeds up the metabolism by 30%.

Water suppresses appetite, so those who want to lose weight half an hour before meals should drink a glass of water.

The center of hunger and thirst is located in one part of the brain - the hypothalamus. Sometimes the subjective sensation of hunger occurs when there is a lack of water in the body. A person, satisfying hunger, absorbs additional calories, gaining extra pounds.

Nutritionists recommend drinking only pure water. Adding even a small amount of juice (lemon, orange) to water turns it into a drink that requires additional enzymatic processing, which significantly disrupts the water balance.

It is permissible to drink water and lose weight only with a liquid without impurities with a neutral pH: bottled, thawed, filtered, spring.

Tips for making yourself drink water

People who are used to quench their thirst with sugary soda and other similar drinks find it difficult to drink the required amount of freshwater without any additives at first. In order to develop the need to fill the lack of fluid with drinking water, it is necessary to fulfill a number of conditions:

1-      Clean drinking water should be available in any situation: a bottle of water should always be with you: at work, in transport, on vacation.

2-      Install a special application on your phone - every hour a sound signal will remind you: it's time to drink water.

3-      You should not try to immediately drink the entire volume of liquid, gradually increase the amount of water to the required physiological norm.

4-      Develop a drinking regimen: start the morning with a glass of clean water on an empty stomach, half an hour before a meal or an hour after a meal, drink a glass of water.

5-      The optimal drinking regime is in small sips at regular intervals.

6-      To improve the taste, you can add lemon, mint to the water.

How to calculate the amount of water per day

The body receives part of the liquid along with food, drinks (coffee, tea, juices), but, in addition, its supply must be replenished with clean drinking water. WHO recommendations are used to calculate the required amount of water, taking into account the following parameters and factors:

-          Age.

-          The weight.

-          Floor.

-          The degree of physical activity.

-          Ambient temperature regime: in case of extreme heat and cold, 600 ml is added to the base rate.

-          The presence of diseases that cause increased fluid consumption (fever, diarrhea, vomiting).

-          Climatic conditions: highlands.

-          Periods of pregnancy and lactation.

-          Abuse of such drinks as coffee, strong tea, alcohol.

On average, an adult organism should receive at least 1.5 liters of pure water per day, or 25-30 ml / kg of body weight. Additionally with drinks, solid and liquid food up to 1.5 liters.