| It's true; you can lose weight just by drinking water. | | | | most people eat much more food than water. The |
| And to think of all that money I've spent on | | | | average American is dehydrated and overweight. |
| commercial diet-beverages with chemicals added to | | | | This isn't "bad;" but it is the result of thinking and |
| them in order to make the other chemicals taste | | | | behaviors we can change if we want a different |
| better - when I could've had a glass of water... As | | | | result. But we have to do this for ourselves; no one |
| obvious as it may seem that drinking water is better | | | | else can do it for us. |
| than drinking sodas, the truth is so much greater. | | | | When you are drinking enough water, you simply |
| Water is practically a miracle weight-loss drug - for | | | | don't get hungry as often. Besides the fact that |
| more reasons than you can imagine. | | | | most of the times you think you're hungry, you're |
| For starters, you are made mostly of water; keeping | | | | really thirsty, having water in your stomach sends a |
| yourself replenished improves your overall health - a | | | | signal that you are "full." You won't want to eat with |
| part of which is maintaining healthy weight and | | | | a stomach full of water. As you become hydrated, |
| metabolism. Drinking water allows your cells to get rid | | | | you'll notice yourself eating less, losing weight, feeling |
| of waste in the "old water," much like changing the oil | | | | better, healthier, and more flexible, and having more |
| in a car - replacing the old, dirty oil with fresh, clean | | | | energy and vitality. As you find yourself with more |
| oil. Just like a car, you run a lot better when you're | | | | energy and flexibility (hydrated cells are flexible |
| "fresh and clean." Also, as the water flushes old | | | | cells...), you will find yourself wanting to become more |
| toxins and waste debris from your cells - including fat | | | | active - adding to your overall health and fitness. |
| deposits - it cleans your kidneys and helps your body | | | | It should be obvious that, if you drink water when |
| function more efficiently. Water also hydrates, | | | | you're thirsty - instead of a glass full of liquid sugar |
| flushes, stimulates, and improves the function of the | | | | and chemicals - you will quench your thirst, replenish |
| digestive system, as well -- speeding digestion and | | | | your cells, and clean your body. Quenching your |
| the removal of waste before your body converts | | | | body's thirst should be a life-enhancing experience, |
| the undigested food into fat for storage somewhere | | | | not one that makes you feel "heavy" and "polluted." |
| on your body. | | | | The more water you drink, the less sodas, etc, you'll |
| The average person should drink about one-half their | | | | be able to drink; and, the less you drink beverages |
| body weight - in ounces - of water each day. For | | | | with sugars and chemicals in them, the less appeal |
| example, if you weigh 200-pounds, you would drink | | | | they have. After drinking only water for a short |
| 100-ounces of water - about 3-liters. That might | | | | while, you will be able to feel the chemical effects of |
| sound like a lot of water, but for many people, if | | | | the other beverages you consume - the buzzing of |
| they aren't drinking, they're eating. In fact, most of | | | | the caffeine, or the surge and drop of sugar, the |
| the times people eat, they are eating because they | | | | acids burning away at you, etc... It simply feels better |
| misinterpreted a "thirst signal" telling them they need | | | | to drink water. And, with no side-effects, it's one of |
| water. You need much more water than food; but | | | | the best weight-loss drugs on the market. |