Did You Know, It's Better To Drink Water Before Meals?

Philippines
March 11, 2012 4:37pm CST
Most of us usually drink water after meals, but, little did we know that it causes our digestion a disturbance. You can only drink water after meal 30min. to 1hr. And it is recommended that we drink water every 2hrs in a day.
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@r3jcorp (1382)
• Philippines
12 Mar 12
I heard it before when I am still interested on cutting my weight. I don't usually do this because I wanted to enjoy my meal. I do hate feeling full during my meal because it will mean limiting my food intake. So I usually drink lots of water during and after the meal. Thank you for sharing, it reminds me of what I have to do and the reason beyond.
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• Philippines
13 Mar 12
You feel that way? Mine is different, if drink water before meals, it increases my appetite! :)
@stanley777 (9402)
• Philippines
12 Mar 12
I have been hearing this lately and from my friends too, that drinking water before meals have it's benefits. In fact some said that drinking a couple of glass after one wakes up gives us some sort of cleansing. Drinking water before meals is advisable especially to weight watchers because once you have taken a glass it feels like your almost full, so the tendency is you will eat less. Since I'm not concern about my weight I'll take 2 glasses after waking up for it's cleansing benefits. Thanks for sharing
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@averygirl72 (37845)
• Philippines
12 Mar 12
I knew it is good especially if you want to lose weight, but I have not tried it because I am not used to doing it. I drink water after a meal. If I drink water first when I am hungry I am not sure if I will feel okay afterwards.
• Philippines
13 Mar 12
Its not only for losing weight, but also for removing toxins from your body to prevent deceases.
@victorkrish (1614)
• Malaysia
12 Mar 12
Drinking water could prevent to eat well, i mean cannot eating as much they want. This is why some people drink water after took a meal. They just wanna drink after eat as much they want, later took a cup of water. We should drink up to seven glasses per day to keep healthy. It is must and necessary in daily life.
• Philippines
13 Mar 12
If that's the case, why is mine different? My appetite increases if I do that.
@PurnaSharma (2562)
• Guwahati, India
12 Mar 12
Yes,most of the people say so and its maintain to keep your body slim.Do you know why?Because before meal if you have water,its obviously the tendency of having food become low.
• Philippines
13 Mar 12
You know, by drinking water before meals, it increases your appetite. Facts: Wash Toxins Away from your body Makes you unload **** more Decreases your Stomach Stress, Kidney Stress, Liver Stress It helps preventing allergies "And doesn't make you thin"(If you eat right by eating natural foods) This makes you want to eat more, but, be sure that your eating foods that are rich in fiber.
• Philippines
12 Mar 12
Water, water, and more water. Water is such a very important part of our daily consumption. I have learned that our body is composed of more water. I also learned that we can leave for forty days with only water intake without food, but we can't live for three days without water. Water is such an important part of our system that we need to consume at least 8 glasses of water or more on a daily basis. For me, I can drink water before meals, during meals, and after meals. I don't see a health problem occurs because someone drink water after meals or before meals, or during meals. I need to find out yet one who develop and health problem by drinking water in a particular time of the meal.
• Guwahati, India
13 Mar 12
yes we must have water during & after meal but as much as possible avoid water during & after meal bcoz it may affect your digestive system to have enough water during & after meal.
@lilaclady (28207)
• Australia
11 Mar 12
Thats interesting, because we all drink perhaps straight after a meal and it at a restaurant during a meal, I am going to keep all this in mind, thank you.
@prinzcy (32305)
• Malaysia
12 Mar 12
I've read drinking water after meals is not recommended. However I also read it's not the same with drinking warm water like tea or just plain warm water. It is said that the warm water can help food absorption. I've trying that since but you know how hot these days. I've resort to drinking water an hour after the meal. I'll start again once the weather cool down a bit.
• Philippines
11 Mar 12
Yes, there are numerous benefits of drinking water before meals. Studies shows and it has been proven that drinking water before meals can help weight loss.
@Cherish14 (2693)
• Philippines
12 Mar 12
hi there, welcome to mylot i have been practicing this for a long time now. i drink before i eat. i have read about this before and since then i have been doing it happy mylotting
@jricky1 (6800)
• China
16 Mar 12
Water is really necessary to our health and also we should drink that much as often.lol,anyway,i just know that it's not good to drink water as soon as after eating.It may affect our digest system.
• Philippines
12 Mar 12
oh thank you for sharing that information. and the only thing that i can add into this is that it is not good to drink cold beverage when you are full. as i've heard it makes ones metabolism slow. and its kinda painful to the tummy.
• South Africa
11 Mar 12
Yes, I have heard. As somebody who is trying to shed off the extra pounds, I think drinking water before I eat helps with filling my stomach so that I do not eat a lot.
• Philippines
11 Mar 12
You know, starting why we easily get sick because we are lack of nutrients. It doesn't mean when you eat little, it is a healthy diet. This causes to decrease our intake of the nutrients. Have you heard about "Cheat Diet!" When you eat food that is rich in fiber, you will notice that your appetite will increase. But don't be afraid of eating a lot of food when your food is all natural and rich in fiber. The reason why others gets fatter for their toxins is stored. It needs to be out. And also, drinking before meals makes you want to eat more! Trust me.