While chemists' shelves bulge with expensive weight-loss treatments, researchers have discovered that something as simple and cheap as drinking two glasses of water before every meal could be just as effective when trying to slim down.
Instead of messing with your hormones or playing with your body's chemistry, this weight-loss technique is childishly straightforward: the water simply fills up the stomach.
The US researchers compared weight loss in people who drank half a litre of water before every meal with those who merely watched what they ate, the UK's Daily Mail reported.
Over a three-month period, the water drinkers lost an average of 7kg, 2.25kg more than the non-water-drinkers, the American Chemical Society's annual conference was told.
"People should drink more water and less sugary, high-calorie drinks. It's a simple way to facilitate weight management," said researcher Dr Brenda Davy of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
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In a previous study, Dr Davy also found that water drinkers ate up to 375 fewer kilojoules per meal, which over a day can add up to 1250 kilojoules, or a Danish pastry.
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