One More Reason Why We Should Love Water

America gets fatter and fatter everyday and people everywhere are trying to lose weight. A new study reveals that drinking water before every meal can make you consume fewer calories. Studies showed that middle-aged and older Americans who drank two cups of water before a meal ate seventy five to ninety fewer calories throughout a meal. To do this study scientist took forty-eight adults between the ages of fifty-five and seventy-five. They all ate a low-calorie diet for twelve weeks but half of the group drank sixteen ounces of water before meals and the other half didn't. After the twelve weeks the water drinkers lost an average of fifteen and a half pounds while the group of people who didn't drink water lost eleven ponds. Brenda Davy, lead researcher from Virginia Tech, presented these findings and says that this could occur because water is filling and has zero calories. She says that it's not a cure-all but that it sure is a cheap and simple addition to any weight-loss plan.

This article relates to science because it talks about a way to become healthier. Water is good for us and since so many people are going on unhealthy diets this article is giving a new way for dieters to lose weight in a healthy way. Also it shows how the human body, even though it's so complex, can be fooled so easily. The article relates to the health part of science which is important in biology since being healthy is important to the human body.

This article is important because it teaches all the dieters out there a simple and inexpensive way to lose those extra pounds. Also the article gives a healthy way to do it which is important because sometimes when we go on diets we forget how to do it safely. Who would mind drinking water before meals knowing that it's going to make them loose some pounds. But do not get the article wrong this is just another simple tip to add to the weight-loss plan because it is still necessary to have a low calorie diet and why not a little of exercise.



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