MGM Supplement: Drinking Our Supper

Folks always talk about eating healthier, and focus on what to eat to lose weight. However, we rarely focus on what we drink. A study from North Carolina University found that on average Americans drink almost 450 calories a day. Multiply that by seven days of the week and you'll find that most of us drink about one pound of weight a week. Thirty years ago Americans drank half as many calories.

Now, my fist thought was, "Then I'll just drink diet soda instead." Even though there only about 5 calories in a diet soda, research has shown that drinking anything sweetened tends to give us a preference for sweetened beverages. So at the end of the day we unconsciously intake sweeter drinks and push the healthier beverages out of our diet.

In a small study, men and women who drank about 17 ounces of cold water after a meal temporarily experienced a 30 percent increase in the rate at which their bodies burned calories. The increased calorie burning was attributed to thermogenesis, a process by which the body burns calories for digestion purposes.

Please don't get me wrong, there are some individuals who need to take in a sweetened, high electrolyte beverages depending on how hard they work-out. For example; if you find it hard to concentrate, or feel like your going to be sick after exercising, you will feel better if you drink something sweet. Moderation is the key.




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