2024-01-30 15:59:40
To maintain a healthy diet, it is known, it is impossible to accompany food with anything other than agua. If it is not water, it will not be healthy
And although people are aware that they should drink plenty of water during the day, as recommended by the World Health Organization (OMS), at mealtime some questions arise.
On the one hand, there are arguments in favor of drinking water before meals, as an aid to losing weight. On the other hand, there are those who advise drinking it following lunch or dinner, to improve digestion.
Both positions have their foundations, although one of them seems weaker than the other. Here, the answers to a fairly common question.
When should you drink water before or following food? Photo: Istock.
When should you drink water before or following food?
The WHO recommendation that you have to take some two liters of water a day (regarding eight glasses) to lead a healthy life. Doubts arise at the time of each meal: before or following?
The Mayo Clinic of the United States assures that “there are no reasons to think that water dilutes the digestive juices or interfere with digestion. In fact, drinking water during or following a meal helps the body break down and process food.”
He adds that “water helps break down food so the body can absorb nutrients and it also softens stools, which helps prevent constipation.”
Some specialists even recommend drinking water for an hour following each mealalways as an aid to the digestion of food.
Water before food does not help you lose weight
Although it is totally calorie freeMany advise drinking water before a meal because it gives a feeling of satiety and makes the person eat less.
Glass of water. It is not true that before eating helps you lose weight./ Solod_sha image for Pexels.
However, as some scientific studies have shown, this Feeling full It is temporary and, therefore, insufficient to contribute to a weight loss diet.
Other studies revealed a weightloss among those who drank water before eating, but this only had an effect on older adults (younger people did not experience changes).
For adequate hydration, specialists recommend drinking at least eight glasses of pure water a day./ (Sygma)
These verifications call into question many advice published on social networks that encourage consuming more than twice as much water as recommended by the WHO. What’s more, water leaves the stomach quickly and, therefore, the feeling of satiety lasts less than expected.
Therefore, the best advice is to drink water before, during and following meals. To carry out a balanced diet, the important thing is that water replaces wine or beersugary sodas and flavored waters.
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