Why Drinking Water Helps You Eat Better

The Beautifully Simple Act of Drinking Water Can Make You Eat Better!

Do you eat too much? Or eat too much of the wrong foods? Would you like to lose a little weight?

One way to control what you eat, and how much you eat, is by drinking water.

How can drinking water help with food intake? Interestingly, the two are very closely related.

Here’s how:

The Signals Are The Same

Did you know that when your body needs water, it sends out EXACTLY the same signal as it does when it needs food?

So, how you know which you need?

Well, all too often you’ll assume you’re hungry. Why? Probably because you see food constantly. Food is heavily advertised, someone around you is often eating, and food is attractively displayed all over the place. Food aromas travel too.

Water is often all around you too – but it doesn’t look attractive and it doesn’t smell.

So when you get the signal that you need either food or water, you probably think you need food, when you may need water.

Here’s a useful tip: Unless your tummy is actually grumbling with hunger, you probably need water.  So grab a glass of water instead of a snack. (Wait a while after drinking – if you’re still hungry, eat something).

It Starts With Saliva

You need food as fuel. When you eat food you chew it first, and this adds saliva from your mouth to the food. Saliva contains enzymes which help your body to digest the food you’ve eaten, so it’s pretty important.

The digestion process also helps to break down any water-soluble fibre in your food. When you eat fiber-rich food, you feel fuller – so if you want to lose weight, it’s good to make sure you digest fiber fully so you feel nice and full. And you’ll digest it well, if you are drinking enough water.

Drinking Water Helps Vitamins

Good food gives you vitamins and minerals, and these are vital to your health and well-being. But many vitamins (including the very important vitamins C and B-complex) are water-soluble – i.e. they can only be digested and absorbed if you’re drinking water.

If you have food cravings, it may be because you’re lacking certain vitamins. Perhaps you’re eating healthy food, but not absorbing the goodness due to a lack of drinking water?

Make sure you’re drinking enough water to benefit from your food.

Drinking Water Helps You Eat Less

You’ve probably read this before – and several studies have shown it to be true. People who drink 2 glasses of water before each meal, eat less food on average than those who don’t.

And eating less is generally good for weight loss!

If you drink two 8-ounce (250ml) glasses of water before each meal, you could consume up to 90 calories less per meal.

Now of course, 90 calories doesn’t seem like a lot. But if you did that before every meal, you could lose about 28 pounds a year – with no effort (other than drinking water), no dieting, no starving, no deprivation…..(1)

Now you know 4 surprising ways that drinking water can help you to eat better.

Of course, there’s a 5^th reason too to keep drinking water – it’s very green and ecofriendly (if it’s tap water, not bottled water of course).

What If You Don’t Enjoy Drinking Water?

If you don’t like the taste of your tap water, get a water filter. (It’s miles cheaper than buying bottled).

If you find water a little boring, add fresh fruit for a zing – pour water into a pitcher or jug and keep it in the fridge. Add slices of fresh limes or lemons, some cucumber, a few berries – ring the changes and you won’t get bored.

Summary

Your body signals a need for water and a need for food in the same way – you may be mis-interpreting the signals. Drinking water will help you to better digest water-soluble fiber which will keep you feeling full so you won’t feel deprived. Many important vitamins are water-soluble so if you’re not drinking enough water, you may not be absorbing all the goodness from your food. And if you drink 2 glasses of water before each meal, you’re likely to eat less food, thus helping with weight control.

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Note (1): 90 calories per meal saved, 3 times a day = 270 calories / day = 1,890 calories per week = 98,280 calories a year. According to commonly-used weight loss theories, a deficit of 3500 calories means a pound of weight loss. So 98,280 calories means about 28 pounds lost!

Warm regards,

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