Eating For Health

Everyone has heard the recommendation of drinking at least 8 glasses of water a day.   And water is an essential nutrient and we should be drinking water every day.   But can drinking water help you lose a few unwanted pounds?   If so, how? Relatives and friends often send me blog suggestions.   This week my daughter sent me an interesting article in Medical News Today, Can water help you lose weight?   The article describes 6 ways just drinking more water can promote weight loss. As noted in previous blog posts, water is important for many reasons including staying hydrated ( How to stay hydrated this summer ) and to help prevent kidney stones ( Kidney stones and prevention ).   How does water help with weight loss?       1.  Drinking water can help suppress your appetite Drinking some water before a meal can fill up your stomach so you feel fuller and less hungry.   A 2014 study of 50 overweight females who drank wa...

If you want to shed some pounds and some body fat should you lift weights or go for the aerobic classes?   Well new studies indicate the aerobic exercise is the best way to burn off the fat.   Researchers at Duke University compared the effects of aerobic exercise versus resistance training on body fat in overweight and obese adults ( Journal of Applied Physiology ). Many professionals have recommended both aerobic exercise and resistance training for weight loss:   Aerobic exercise to burn calories and fat and resistance training to build and maintain muscle mass which also increases a person’s metabolic rate.   In this study, 234 participants were overweight or obese (119 participants completed the study).   Researchers divided them into one of three exercise groups:                              ...