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Cold Water Diet |
Article Submitted by: peterson bran
Monday, 17 August 2009
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One of the best things you can do to assist your weight loss efforts is to drink cold water. There are a number of benefits to doing this. First, your body needs water. Although drinks such as coffee, tea, and soft drinks are based on water, you need to drink some plain water as well. Water is critical to many processes in your body, such as flushing out waste and impurities. Second, when you drink cold water, your body has to heat it to match your body temperature. This process burns some calories. Some people will tell you this is not a big deal, but these weight loss tips are cumulative. The more of them you follow, the better the results will be. I'm certainly not saying that just drinking cold water is all you need to do. Third, cold water is more refreshing, especially on a warm day. When something is more satisfying, it is easier to include it in your weight loss plan. Fourth, water helps fill you up and reduces the chance of overeating. Next time you feel hungry, try drinking a nice, large glass or bottle of cold water. Sometimes thirst feels like hunger. There are several ways that water can be an aid to weight loss, as well as your general health: 1. Water has zero calories. If you drink water, it is likely you will be doing so instead of drinking a positive or even high calorie drink. 2. Drinking a couple of glasses of water an hour before a meal is said to help you to lose weight, as it helps you feel more full before you start your meal. 3. Water is thought to cleanse the body, helping you flush out harmful toxins. Drinking water may sound rather boring, but I find that is more in the anticipation than in the drinking. Water can be quite satisfying once you have had the first mouthful. Your brain then knows it is not getting a shot of sugar or caffeine. Drinking water with lemon can speed up weight loss. When you mix lemon with water that makes the water become more alkalizing. This brings up the pH of the water and makes it more natural. When you put lemon and water it makes it much easier to achieve an alkaline diet. It's highly rumored in certain circles that an alkaline diet can help you achieve weight loss greatly. It turns out that it's not as complicated to maintain an alkaline diet as it used to be thought. So add a little lemon to your water and see if it helps. The recommended amount of glasses of water that you should drink a day is 8 to 10. For the sake of keeping the math simple, let's say you drink 10 ice cold glasses of water. That would mean you would burn about 83 calories for that day by just drinking water alone. Better, but still not that impressive. Also, these 10 glasses of water come out to be 0.625 gallon or 2.37 liters. If you are physically active, you are almost guaranteed to drink more than that. So for instance if you drank a gallon a day for an entire year, that would mean you could burn off almost 14 pounds of fat! So the potential of losing weight by drinking cold water is there, just don't go overboard. Drinking too much water messes with your electrolyte balance. And drinking several gallons a day is dangerous and could lead to death. Article Source: http://www.ArticleBlast.com |
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