The Best Way to Lose Those Extra Pounds - Add Water to Your Body

Did you know that sometimes when you think you are hungry it is your body asking for water? As a culture, we have become accustomed to not getting the recommended daily amount of water, and as such, we are in a constant state of dehydration. In some cases, this lack of water is hindering weight loss goals.

If you try drinking water instead of stuffing your face with some fattening choices your body will be equally satisfied as all it knows is that it needs liquids in some form. Losing weight is not the only reason to stay well hydrated. Your body uses water in many different ways. That’s not surprising, given that you’re made up of 60% water.

To flush toxins through the kidneys is the main job of water in the body. This removes all the harmful stuff from our bodies that we come in contact with everyday. If you don’t drink sufficient water the kidneys may not work as they must. That gives the mass of their work to the liver.

The livers main job is to metabolize fat, this is not its only job but the main one. One of its other jobs is to pick up for the kidneys when they are not at peak performance. You can see where this is going, lack of fluids hampers the kidneys, and liver has to step up and in turn cannot metabolize as much fat.

In addition to all these jobs, water has a host of other functions in the body like: Assist digestion, lack of water leads to poor nutrition; water regulates body temperature; it is a large part of the blood, 92%, which is the body’s transport system for vitamins, minerals, nutrients.

In addition to helping curb your appetite by making you feel fuller, drinking water can increase your metabolism. Citing a study done by the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, metabolism was increased 30% simply by drinking 500ml of water a day.

This process responsible for the jump in metabolism is warming the water to the body temperature. Drinking ice water can burn more than 70 additional calories a day, simply by increasing metabolism. That in and of itself doesn’t sound like much but over time, it can really add up.

In addition to all the great benefits listed above water will increase skin elasticity, decrease headaches, give you more energy, and overall make you feel so much better. Drinking the correct amount of water every day has even been linked to healthy vision.

The recommendation is eight glasses per day, however, any increase is better than none. At least shoot for five to eight glasses in a 24-hour period. This is best done by slowly sipping on water throughout the day, a sudden onslaught of eight glasses water at one time will likely run straight through and not give you the benefits mentioned above.