Water Helps In Losing Weight

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"Water can decrease your appetite", said Mara Z. Vitolins, assistant professor of public health sciences (epidemiology). According to her it is hard to distinguish between being thirsty and being hungry, so try drinking water and wait 20- 30 minutes to see if your still hungry. But how much water is enough??? Vitolins says one way to calculate how much you need is to take your weight in pounds and divide it by two. The result is the number of ounces of water you should drink in a day. So for example a 100 pound woman needs to drink 50 ounces of water each day- just a little more than four 12- ounce glasses, or 3 bottles of water (which usually are 500 mL. or 16.9 ounces). I think many people would greatly benefit by recording the amount of water they drink in a day. Drinking of water is as important during cold months as it is during the summer, she also added. "Most people realize fluid is used to produce sweat which keeps us cool during exercise and the hot temperature of summer, but not as many are aware that the body also needs water to stay warm", she said.