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DIARY: July 22, 2013 07:54 AM Monday; Rod Welch

Weight loss exercise at an hour a day and drink water to lose weight.

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........Weight loss effects of water
........Drink more water, lose more weight?
........Trying to lose weight? Drink more water


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110901 - Some months ago, Robin sent an article on drinking water to lose                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
110902 - weight and improve cardio vascular health, reported on 130228 2110.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
110903 - ref SDS 1 LQ5H                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
110905 -  ..
110906 - Water is a better drink than coffee, beer, coke or grape juice for                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
110907 - losing weight, shown by research today...                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
110908 -                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
110909 -    1.  Wikipedia                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
110911 -         ..
110912 -        Weight loss effects of water                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
110913 -        
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110915 -              http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weight_loss_effects_of_water                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
110916 -                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
110917 -        1.  The apparent weight loss effects of water are still a subject                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
110918 -            for further research, but there is some evidence that suggests                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
110919 -            drinking water can be associated with appetite reduction (for                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
110920 -            middle-aged and older people),[1] consuming fewer calories,[2]                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
110921 -            burning slightly more calories,[3] and eating more fruits and                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
110922 -            vegetables[fn 1].  Increased water consumption, or replacement                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
110923 -            of energy-containing beverages with energy-free beverages,[4]                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
110924 -            or consumption of water-rich foods such as fruits and                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
110925 -            vegetables with a lower energy density,[5] may help in weight                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
110926 -            management.  Popular advice to children regarding water                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
110927 -            consumption is often inaccurate.[6]                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
110929 -  ..
110930 - Challenge maintaining drinking water to replace tastier beverages like                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
110931 - "the drink" was reported on 130310 0003. ref SDS 2 WR32                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
110933 -  ..
110934 - Weight Loss Research continues...                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
110935 -                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
110936 -        2.  This evidence has been used by some of the scientists who                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
110937 -            worked on this research, and by others, to bolster                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
110938 -            suggestions that people who are trying to lose weight can                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
110939 -            benefit from augmenting ? but not replacing ? their dietary                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
110940 -            programs by drinking water, either before meals or at any                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
110941 -            time.  Such advice had previously been given by dieticians                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
110942 -            even before the most recent research was published.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
110944 -             ..
110945 -        3.  In the case of appetite reduction, the apparent effect has                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
110946 -            been reproduced in a published study[1] in adults aged                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
110947 -            55?75, half of whom were instructed to drink 500ml of water                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
110948 -            before every meal, while following a low-calorie diet.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
110949 -            This behaviour led to the water-drinking cohort losing                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
110950 -            weight faster over a 12 week period.  On average, the                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
110951 -            water-drinking cohort also continued to lose weight -                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
110952 -            although at a slower rate - over the following 12 month                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
110953 -            period, even though they had ceased their low-calorie                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
110954 -            diets.  The study authors attribute this to the fact that                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
110955 -            those participants continued to drink water before meals.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
110956 -                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
110958 -         ..
110959 -    2.  Reuters - Yahoo News                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
110961 -         ..
110962 -        Drink more water, lose more weight?                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
110963 -        
110964 -        By Kerry Grens                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
110965 -        Date................................... 130703                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
110966 -                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
110967 -        1.  NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Dieters who drink more water have                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
110968 -            greater weight loss, according to a new review of several                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
110969 -            prior studies.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
110971 -             ..
110972 -        2.  SOURCE:  The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, online                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
110973 -            June 26, 2013.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
110974 -                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
110975 -                  http://bit.ly/17EdiFq                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
110977 -             ..
110978 -        3.  In one study that asked dieters to drink water before a meal,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
110979 -            for instance, "the water enhanced the weight loss," said                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
110980 -            Brenda Davy, a professor at Virginia Tech who led some of the                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
110981 -            work included in the review.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
110983 -  ..
110984 - Challenge maintaining drinking water to replace tastier beverages like                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
110985 - "the drink" was reported on 130310 0003. ref SDS 2 WR32                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
110987 -  ..
110988 - Weight Loss Research continues...                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
110989 -                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
110990 -        4.  Researchers said there is not yet enough evidence, however, to                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
110991 -            say for sure that drinking more water will help people shed                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
110992 -            the pounds.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
110994 -             ..
110995 -        5.  Rebecca Muckelbauer, a researcher at the Berlin School of                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
110996 -            Public Health, Charité University Medical Center Berlin in                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
110997 -            Germany, led the new review of the water studies.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
110999 -             ..
111000 -        6.  She said that, as a nutrition researcher, people had often                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
111001 -            asked her about whether they should drink water to lose                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
111002 -            weight, and she didn't know the answer.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
111004 -             ..
111005 -        7.  She and her colleagues decided to examine all of the studies                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
111006 -            on weight and water consumption.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
111008 -             ..
111009 -        8.  Eleven studies fit their criteria.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
111011 -             ..
111012 -        9.  Three of them showed that increased water intake among dieters                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
111013 -            was tied to greater weight loss.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
111015 -             ..
111016 -       10.  A study by Davy's group found that middle aged and older adults                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
111017 -            who drank two cups before a meal lost about four pounds more                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
111018 -            than a group that didn't drink the extra water.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
111020 -             ..
111021 -       11.  Yet another study found that women who increased their water                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
111022 -            consumption while they dieted lost more weight than those who                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
111023 -            kept it below one liter a day.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
111025 -             ..
111026 -       12.  It's not clear how water might help people shed pounds.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
111028 -             ..
111029 -       13.  One possibility, said Davy, is that water could squelch                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
111030 -            feelings of hunger.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
111032 -             ..
111033 -       14.  "This may have helped them reduce their calorie intake," she                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
111034 -            told Reuters Health.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
111036 -             ..
111037 -       15.  Muckelbauer agreed that increased fullness is the most likely                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
111038 -            explanation, but another possibility is something called                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
111039 -            "water-induced thermogenesis."                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
111041 -             ..
111042 -       16.  The idea is that "drinking water itself increases energy                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
111043 -            expenditure of your body. It has an energy consuming effect.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
111044 -            This is not very well studied," Muckelbauer told Reuters                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
111045 -            Health.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
111047 -             ..
111048 -       17.  The Institute of Medicine recommends that adults consume                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
111049 -            between 91 ounces of water for women and 125 ounces for men                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
111050 -            (2.7 - 3.7 liters) each day, but this total can come through                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
111051 -            food, plain water or other beverages.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
111053 -             ..
111054 -       18.  While the experimental studies suggest that drinking water may                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
111055 -            aid in weight loss, the surveys Muckelbauer examined don't                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
111056 -            always show that people who drink more water are slimmer.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
111058 -             ..
111059 -       19.  In fact, some found that obese or overweight adults drank more                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
111060 -            water than people of normal size, while others did not find                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
111061 -            such a link, Muckelbauer's team reports in the American Journal                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
111062 -            of Clinical Nutrition.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
111064 -             ..
111065 -       20.  "We don't have conclusive evidence that increasing water intake                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
111066 -            reduces weight, but there are certainly other benefits to                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
111067 -            increasing our intake," said Davy.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
111069 -             ..
111070 -       21.  She said people in the U.S. typically drink about 400 to 500                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
111071 -            calories a day from other beverages, and replacing them with                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
111072 -            water is not a bad idea.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
111074 -             ..
111075 -       22.  One study found that women who drink water, rather than sweet                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
111076 -            drinks, had a slightly lower chance of developing diabetes (see                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
111077 -            Reuters Health story of May 31, 2012 here:).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
111079 -             ..
111080 -       23.  And women who don't drink plenty of water have greater odds of                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
111081 -            getting kidney stones (see Reuters Health report of March 29,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
111082 -            2012 here:).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
111083 -                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
111084 -       24.  "There's not a lot of risk for recommending (increased water                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
111085 -            intake) for individuals," Davy said.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
111087 -             ..
111088 -       25.  Muckelbauer said it will be helpful to have larger experiments                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
111089 -            looking at the potential weight loss benefits of adding more                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
111090 -            water to the diet.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
111091 -                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
111093 -         ..
111094 -    3.  CNN Health.Com                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
111096 -         ..
111097 -        Trying to lose weight? Drink more water                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
111098 -        
111099 -        By Denise Mann, Health.com                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
111100 -        Date................................... 100823 1422 EDT                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
111101 -                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
111102 -              http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/08/23/drink.water.lose.weight/index.html                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
111103 -                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
111104 -        1.  Forget diet pills and cleanses. A new study suggests that                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
111105 -            an effective weight-loss aid is available straight from                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
111106 -            your kitchen sink.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
111108 -             ..
111109 -        2.  Drinking two 8-ounce glasses of water before breakfast,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
111110 -            lunch, and dinner while also cutting back on portions may                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
111111 -            help you lose weight and keep it off for at least a year,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
111112 -            according to research presented today at the annual                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
111113 -            meeting of the American Chemical Society, in Boston.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
111115 -             ..
111116 -        3.  "As part of a prudent, low-calorie weight-loss diet, adding                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
111117 -            water may help with weight-loss success," says Brenda Davy,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
111118 -            Ph.D., the lead author of the study and an associate                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
111119 -            professor of nutrition at Virginia Tech, in Blacksburg.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
111121 -             ..
111122 -        4.  Health.com: The wet way to lose weight                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
111123 -                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
111124 -              http://www.health.com/health/gallery/0,,20306719,00.html                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
111126 -             ..
111127 -        5.  Dietitians have long recommended drinking water as a way to                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
111128 -            shed pounds, but little research has been done to confirm                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
111129 -            this conventional wisdom, the researchers say.  Though                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
111130 -            small, Davy's study is the first randomized controlled                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
111131 -            trial to examine the benefits of "preloading" with water                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
111132 -            before meals.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
111134 -             ..
111135 -        6.  The study included 48 overweight or obese men and women                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
111136 -            between the ages of 55 and 75 who were on a low-calorie                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
111137 -            diet (1,200 calories per day for women and 1,500 calories                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
111138 -            per day for men).  Half of the people were instructed to                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
111139 -            drink 16 ounces of water -- the amount in a small bottle of                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
111140 -            spring water -- before meals.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
111142 -             ..
111143 -        7.  After three months, the participants who drank water had                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
111144 -            lost an average of about 15.5 pounds, compared with just 11                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
111145 -            pounds in the control group, according to the study, the                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
111146 -            first results of which were published earlier this year in                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
111147 -            the journal Obesity.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
111149 -             ..
111150 -        8.  Health.com: 25 diet-busting foods you should never eat                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
111151 -                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
111152 -              http://www.health.com/health/gallery/0,,20307363,00.html                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
111154 -             ..
111155 -        9.  And the weight loss appears to be lasting, new data                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
111156 -            suggest.  After a full year of the same regimen, the water                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
111157 -            drinkers had slimmed down by an additional 1.5 pounds, on                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
111158 -            average, while those who didn't load up on water before                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
111159 -            meals gained about 2 pounds, Davy says. (Unlike the data                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
111160 -            published in Obesity, the findings presented today have not                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
111161 -            been thoroughly vetted by other experts in the field, as is                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
111162 -            required by most medical journals.)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
111164 -             ..
111165 -       10.  Davy and her colleagues aren't sure why drinking water                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
111166 -            before meals encourages weight loss, but the main reason                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
111167 -            appears to be that it helps fill your stomach, making you                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
111168 -            less hungry and less likely to overeat.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
111170 -             ..
111171 -       11.  In addition, drinking more water may discourage you from                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
111172 -            guzzling soda and other calorie-laden beverages. (The study                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
111173 -            included only plain water, not mineral, flavored, or                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
111174 -            vitamin waters.) Even the routine of drinking water before                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
111175 -            meals may have a beneficial effect because it's a reminder                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
111176 -            that you're trying to lose weight, the researchers suggest.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
111178 -             ..
111179 -       12.  Health.com: 15 big benefits of water                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
111180 -                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
111181 -              http://www.health.com/health/gallery/0,,20396298_2,00.html                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
111183 -             ..
111184 -       13.  Drinking more water is a low-risk way to lose excess                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
111185 -            weight, especially if it takes the place of other liquid                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
111186 -            calories, says Stephen Cook, M.D., an obesity expert at                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
111187 -            the University of Rochester Medical Center, in N.Y.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
111189 -             ..
111190 -       14.  "This is an easy way to replace those calories, and if                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
111191 -            everything is equal, it will slow down your weight gain or                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
111192 -            reverse it," says Cook, who was not involved in the new                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
111193 -            research. "It is one of the safest things we can recommend                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
111194 -            to help people lose weight."                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
111196 -             ..
111197 -       15.  Davy says that people who are trying to lose weight should                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
111198 -            bring a refillable water bottle to work and drink from it                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
111199 -            throughout the day. "And try to have two cups of water 20                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
111200 -            minutes before each main meal," she says.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
111202 -             ..
111203 -       16.  While each person's hydration needs are different, the                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
111204 -            Institute of Medicine advises that men and women try to                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
111205 -            consume about 3.7 and 2.7 liters of water a day,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
111206 -            respectively, including water found in food and other                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
111207 -            beverages.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
111209 -             ..
111210 -       17.  The American Chemical Society is a nonprofit professional                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
111211 -            organization for scientists that was chartered by Congress                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
111212 -            in 1937.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
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