Researchers from the University
of Birmingham have revealed that drinking 500ml of water before every
meal can help people suffering from obesity to lose weight.
The results
of this study will be published in the September issue of Obesity.
Obesity
is a growing public safety concern in America and many other countries.
It affects nearly one in three people. Researchers from the University
of Birmingham in England may have found a simple solution to help these
people lose weight.
The
study, which will be published in the September issue of Obesity,
indicates that people who drink water before breakfast, lunch and dinner
end up losing weight faster than those who don't.
To reach their
conclusions, the team of researchers invited 84 obese adults to follow a
12-week program. They all received advice on weight loss such as
adapting their lifestyles, improving their diets and engaging in
physical activities. They were then separated into two groups.
The
first group was comprised of 41 people who were instructed to drink
500ml of water 30 minutes before their three daily meals every day for
12 weeks. The second, a control group, was comprised of 43 people who
were told to imagine having a full stomach before every meal without
drinking any water.
The
results are clear. The group that drank water before their meals lost an
average of 9.48 pounds in 12 weeks, an average of 2.87 pounds more than
the control group.
"When
combined with brief instructions on how to increase your amount of
physical activity and on a healthy diet, this seems to help people to
achieve some extra weight loss -- at a moderate and healthy rate. It's
something that doesn't take much work to integrate into our busy
everyday lives," says Dr. Helen Parretti, the lead author of the study.
The
researchers now hope that that the findings will inform further
research into the benefits of water preloading before meals and they
hope to receive backing for a trial with a larger number of participants
and over a longer period of time in order to confirm the findings.
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