There is an e-mail stating virtues of drinking water first thing in the morning ( before even brushing your teeth) to lose weight. It says increase intake gradually to drink upto 2 liters before breakfast , and you are sure to lose weight .
But I am yet to meet anyone who has successfully done this.
What is the straightdope on this ?
Two liters before breakfast? That’s nuts!
Well, not in one go ! It suggests going to 2 liters if you can. But recommends minimum one litre within a month , starting with a glass of water ( 200ML).
I’ve got an e-mail from Nigeria saying I can get $10 million if I give them my bank details. :rolleyes:
Who sent your e-mail?
What double-blind studies had they done?
Well, drinking water is a good, non-fattening way to stave off hunger pangs. So if they’re suggesting drinking the water instead of eating something then it could be a way of losing weight without feeling hungry.
But from the tone of the OP it sounds more like the email was suggesting that water has some magical hitherto-undiscovered weight loss properties, which would seem unlikely.
I’ve cited several times a study that shows that drinking water does *nothing *to reduce caloric consumption, but eating water food does.
What’s “water food” in this context?
I suspect it’s food that has a lot of volume because of its high water content. i.e. watermelon and most other fruits and vegetables. There’s a book called Volumetrics that talks about the benefits of eating high volume low calorie foods.
*Alien who never visited Earth before checks in: *
With all these dieting tricks and tips and the ability to spread the great advice far and wide via the internet, some of your developed countries – especially places like the USA where everyone has access to such information – must be dwindling away to nothing! You guys must all be wearing your skinny jeans over there!