How To Lose Weight By Drinking Water

30-59% of Americans whore trying to lose weight have increased their water intake because they know it will help them lose weight.

In fact, science has shown that drinking water can greatly benefit your weight loss efforts.

But how exactly can water help you lose weight?

Here's how...

Water helps you burn more calories

Resting energy expenditure is the number of calories being burnt while resting and drinking water can increase that amount.

Several studies have been performed regarding drinking water for the benefit burning calories.

The studies show up to 30% increased resting energy expenditure, both in adults and children, after drinking half a liter (17 oz) of water.

Drinking more water causes greater weight loss, showed by another research where the participants have shown a significant amount of reduced weight, body mass index, and waist circumference.

A great idea is to drink cold water, which burns even more calories as your body is trying to warm up the water that has entered your body.

Drinking water reduces appetite

There have been performed which proved that drinking water can increase weight loss in older adults by 2 kilograms (4.4 lbs) over a 12-week period.

One study showed a 44% increase in weight loss when participants drank water before each meal.

Unfortunately for younger people, these results only apply to middle-aged and older adults.


There are more ways water can help you lose weight and those can be found here.