Does water intake affect weight loss?

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  • My1985Freckles
    My1985Freckles Posts: 1,039 Member
    But it doesn't matter, does it? I mean, we're not drinking water to burn calories, right?

    Going to have to log my calories burned by drinking water now.... LOL
  • TourThePast
    TourThePast Posts: 1,753 Member
    Could water effect our metabolism in other ways? Personally, I doubt it.
    A complete lack of water, coupled with a total lack of water content in any of our meals could have a permanent affect on our metabolism. :bigsmile:

    Well yes... if you wanna get all technical on me :D
    My bad, it's that time of night when I just can't resist... :D
  • osuzorba
    osuzorba Posts: 35 Member
    A food calorie is actually the amount of energy required to heat 1 kg of water by 1°C.
    With my "pedant of the month" hat on, actually a calorie is the amount of energy required to heat 1 cubic centimetre of water by 1°C.

    A kilocalorie, kcal or Calorie is the amount of energy required to heat 1 kg of water by 1°C.

    Noticed I said "food calorie" didn't want to get into defining the kcal.
  • skinnyjess15
    skinnyjess15 Posts: 82
    Thank you all for the responses. Although the detailed explanations of how our bodies process water is a little over my head, I get that it's good for you. That being said....CHEERS!

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