A recent study found that middle-aged and older adults who drank 2 glasses of water before each meal, consumed fewer calories and lost more weight than their counterparts who did not drink water before their meals.

Two groups of overweight and obese adults aged between 55 and 75 were formed for the study. One group was told to follow a low-fat low-calorie diet and the other was told to follow the same diet but to drink two cups of water before each meal.

At the end of 12 weeks, the study found that those who drank water before their meals lost an average of 15.5 pounds, compared to the 11 pound loss for their counterparts, which is almost a 30% difference.

The researchers followed up the subjects after 1 year, and those who continued to drink water before their meals not only kept their weight off but continued to lose a bit more, around 1.5 pounds on average.  Researchers warn that the pre-meal water drinking may only work for middle-aged and older people as a similar study that involved those aged 18 - 35 did not show weight loss or lower calorie intake.

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twohealthyfeet 10 months ago | Report Abuse

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Water is a good medicine for the persons who are suffering from obesity.If any body wants to loose his weight then he sould drink water with some lemon juice and honey in the early morning.

mesh 6 months ago | Report Abuse

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Im just curious as to whether these findings could actually be attributed to whether one takes water or not. In my view they are more on "when one takes water"-before or after a meal.This is so because water in itself does not significantly help in weight reduction It would also be interesting to see what their conclusions were

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