Do you wait an hour after eating b4 drinking water?

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  • sleepytexan
    sleepytexan Posts: 3,138 Member
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    what? why?
  • Microfiber_wechange
    Microfiber_wechange Posts: 640
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    So weird to be drinking water with my food today but I'm now a convert - thanks y'all :smile:
  • billmac
    billmac Posts: 51 Member
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    FWIW

    Quite a time ago I lost a lot of weight and kept it off for years. Amongst other things the doctor whose advice I was following recommended not to eat an hour before till an hour after a meal.
    Effectively your palate is part of telling you that you have had enough food. Drinking fluids while eating effectively cleans the palate and tends to make you want another mouthful. When I followed the doctors advice my appetite was naturally reduced.
    A little fruit after the meal does to clean the palate and is very satisfying.

    Another part of his reasoning was that when you dilute an acid you increase the normalcy making the acid more active. This applies to the acid in your stomach so to not drink during meals is better for your stomach in the long run.

    Each to his own I'd say but it certainly worked very well for me at that time.

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