Drinking up to three extra glasses of water a day could mean you eat 205 fewer calories and 235 milligrams less sodium, say researchers who reviewed the dietary habits of more than 18,300 Americans.
But even increasing the amount of water you drink by just one per cent could help you lose weight, say researchers from the University of Illinois. And it doesn’t seem to matter where you get the water from, whether a bottle, the tap (faucet), or drinking fountain.
On average, people in the study were consuming around 4.2 cups of water a day. Although unsweetened black tea, herbal tea and coffee were not counted as sources of plain water, their water content was included in the calculations. Their average calorie intake was 2,157 calories, which included 125 calories from sugar-sweetened drinks and 432 calories from low-nutrition snacks, pastries and desserts.
(Source: Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, 2016; doi: 10.1111/jhn.12368)
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