Does drinking water really help you lose weight?

Let me give you a physiology lesson on the importance of water and keeping hydrated and why it is so good for your tissues and cells in the body. Our bodies make about 4 cups of water a day through metabolic processes and breathing. We need to drink 6 cups of water just to break even. Since our body loses 10 cups of water daily through urine, sweat, breathing, etc. We need 2-4 cups to be healthy not doing anything, but if we exercise or get a massage, we need more water.

If you are severely dehydrated, your connective tissues especially fascia will harden which can explain why your muscles end up more sore and in many cases, have knots, aches and pains because it mainly made most of water. This is important to know for anyone who is also exercising. So in any case, if it doesn't help you lose weight, water is still very important to maintain homeostasis. Other than that, water can make u feel fuller so you don't over eat. With that in mind, if you eat low carb, you will need more water period, since those carbs hold onto water. As my massage instructor says, drink a lot of water even if it feels stupid. Pepsi, soda, juices, or flavored drinks has stuff in it. You don't need the extra stuff unless it is electrolytes such as calcium, magnesium, sodium, and potassium. Plus soda will erode your teeth and weaken your bones.

Water has so many health benefits. Staying hydrated isn't only good for you physically. It makes your skin look younger as well. I didn't use to like water so I took oranges, lemons and limes. Washed them, then sliced them and froze them on a sheet tray. After they were frozen I tossed them all in a freezer bag. Then I could pull a couple slices out at a time and put it in my water. It was pretty and added that little bit of flavor to my water. Now I only use the fruit for a treat or company and water is my favorite drink.

try thirty days no water and thirty days water tell me which one helped u lose more weight..everything else being equal:)

Yes, drinking helps in indirect ways. First, if you drink a full glass of water prior to a meal, it helps you to eat less because water can be filling. Secondly, water aids in digestion. If you are retaining water, drinking water actually helps your body get rid of the water retention. Also, if you don't drink enough water, over time you might experience symptoms of dehydration, which isn't so much about your weight, but your sense of general well being. Example, you may feel light headed as a result of lack of fluids and that might effect your activity level, since people usually don't want to exercise when they feel light headed. Lack of hydration can also cause headaches.
In addition to improved digestion, losing water retention, making you feel fuller, drinking water also improves the health and appearance of your hair and skin

coke is a great toilet cleaner.put it in your loo last thing at night and just be amazed the next morning,lol. that can't be good in your body. x

coke is a great toilet cleaner.put it in your loo last thing at night and just be amazed the next morning,lol. that can't be good in your body.

your stomach acids would be at least as good as a cleaner, so that can't be good in ............ oh.

coke is a great toilet cleaner.put it in your loo last thing at night and just be amazed the next morning,lol. that can't be good in your body.

your stomach acids would be at least as good as a cleaner, so that can't be good in ............ oh.

Exactly. It's the same with orange juice, lemon juice, vinegar, etc. If you pour too much water on a plant, it will die. So let's not condemn liquids for properties they have that have NOTHING to do with this topic.

For those of you who think that only water hydrates, what do you think your body does with the water in soda, coffee, juice, milk etc.?

If you know anything about how the body works, you would know that your GI system is able to extract the H2O from pretty much anything containing water including fruits and vegetables.

Also, studies published by Mayo Clinic have shown that caffeine has a minimal dehydrating effect.

This.

I drink plenty of water. But I also drink soda because I enjoy the hell out of it. Does it provide any health benefits. Not really, but I don't expect it too. Just like every book I read isn't meant to expand my intelligence. (And gimme a newspaper, and I'm going straight to the funny pages.)

There have been periods in my life that the only liquid I consumed was soda, and if it dehydrated you, I'd have died of kidney failure years ago.

Water is going to help with weight loss, if not for one reason than for another. As someone mentioned earlier, sugar free sweeteners can mess with your cravings, and can make you crave and over indulge without realizing it. After reading up on this subject I paid attention to my reaction to artificial sweeteners. Now I am not saying its going to effect everyone but for me once I started paying attention to my actions it became obvious that it was causing me issues. Personally I dont have taste buds for sugary things, I dont like chocolate, anything heavy sugar etc. I noticed after drinking certain diet sodas, within 24 hours I would be craving sugary things so badly, I would want chocolate bars (dont even like chocolate!) cake, cupcakes etc and yeah its hard to ignore those cravings. Some artificials seem to hit me worse than others, there was one diet drink I had that within hours I wanted to eat a whole candy jar. Once I completely cut out diet drinks and even diet type sweets (sugar free, low calorie etc), I noticed that the cravings for sugary things vanished.

Caffeine also dehydrates you. In moderation the effects of dehydration from caffeine are little to none, but if you drinking lots of soda then its going to cause you issues. Dehydration is another thing thats going to make you eat more than you should (your body will try and pull water from the food).

Now weight loss aside, its been discovered that a diet soda a day increases your risk of stroke and heart attack by 60%. While you may not be drinking that much its still bringing up your risks (sharply).

Diet soda is addictive, you will crave it and its effects will cause you other issues. Its your life and your choice, but I think if you took a challenge of not drinking any soda for a month (heck even 2 weeks) you would see a huge difference not only in the way you feel physically, but you will also find that you no longer crave, need or even want to drink diet soda.

I am not saying dont drink soda ever. But soda was created as a treat now and again, now its practically become a staple in everyday life. Personally I would rather drink a full fat soda once in a while (once every couple weeks or once a month) than a diet soda.

Drinking water before each meal has been shown to help promote weight loss, according to a new study.

Brenda Davy, PhD, an associate professor of nutrition at Virginia Tech and senior author of a new study, says that drinking just two 8-ounce glasses of water before meals helps people melt pounds away.

The study is being presented at the 2010 National Meeting of the American Chemical Society in Boston.

"We are presenting results of the first randomized controlled intervention trial demonstrating that increased water consumption is an effective weight loss strategy," Davy says in a news release. "We found in earlier studies that middle aged and older people who drank two cups of water right before eating a meal ate between 75 and 90 fewer calories during the meal."

She tells WebMD that many people substitute sweet-tasting calorie-containing beverages for water.

"If you look at research on beverage consumption trends, our average intake of sugar-sweetened beverages has increased dramatically in the past three or four decades," Davy tells WebMD in an email. "So, likely we are drinking other beverages in place of water."