what does drink water do for weight loss

Sherbear1109

Water and Your Diet: Staying Slim and Regular With H2O

http://www.webmd.com/diet/features/water-for-weight-loss-diet

Well that's an awesome answer. Good information. :-)

LadyGrey75

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This is exactly why cold beer is a zero calorie food. Keep it as cold as possible.
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Ha I LOVE they way you think!!!!

Aaron_K123

If you drink ice cold water your body will burn more calories to heat up the water.

OK... so I might try to work this out....

when you drink "ice cold water" you're not really drinking ICE lets just say the water is about 5˚C

one calorie is the amount of energy used to heat up 1 gram of water by 1 degree

body temperature is 37˚C.....

a pint of water weighs about 568g (apparently)

sooo.... 37 - 5 x 568 = 18,176

so according to my calculations you burn over 18 thousand calories just by drinking a pint of 5˚C water!

.... wait... did I go wrong somewhere?!

The Calorie in food Calories is capatilized as substitute for calling it a kcal or a kilocalorie. You are correct that the definition of a calorie is 1g by 1 degree C but 1 food Calorie is 1kg by 1 degree C. So a glass of water, 8 oz, is about 1/5th of a kilogram so to raise it 5 degrees is 1 food calorie. To raise it from 5 to 37 would be about 6 food calories and that is it.

I did the math in my head with estimates so its not spot on but you get the point.

In your example it would be 18 food Calories.

If a diet of 2000 calories was the 1g 1 deg celsius kind of calorie then you wouldn't be able to maintain your body temperature let alone your heart beat and brain function. No a 2000 Calorie diet is 2,000,000 calories.

TenderWalnut

Your liver is important in a number of ways. One is that it assists in regulating blood sugar via glucagon/glycogen stores in your body. Hydrating properly helps it to perform at optimum capacity and can influence your weight one way or the other.

mr_mitch

If you drink ice cold water your body will burn more calories to heat up the water.

OK... so I might try to work this out....

when you drink "ice cold water" you're not really drinking ICE lets just say the water is about 5˚C

one calorie is the amount of energy used to heat up 1 gram of water by 1 degree

body temperature is 37˚C.....

a pint of water weighs about 568g (apparently)

sooo.... 37 - 5 x 568 = 18,176

so according to my calculations you burn over 18 thousand calories just by drinking a pint of 5˚C water!

.... wait... did I go wrong somewhere?!

The Calorie in food Calories is capatilized as substitute for calling it a kcal or a kilocalorie. You are correct that the definition of a calorie is 1g by 1 degree C but 1 food Calorie is 1kg by 1 degree C. So a glass of water, 8 oz, is about 1/5th of a kilogram so to raise it 5 degrees is 1 food calorie. To raise it from 5 to 37 would be about 6 food calories and that is it.

I did the math in my head with estimates so its not spot on but you get the point.

In your example it would be 18 food Calories.

If a diet of 2000 calories was the 1g 1 deg celsius kind of calorie then you wouldn't be able to maintain your body temperature let alone your heart beat and brain function. No a 2000 Calorie diet is 2,000,000 calories.

cool thanks for the extra info!

I was really only having a bit of a joke around with all the above, but now I know the difference between calories, Calories, and Kcal!