What does water have to do with losing pounds? I’ve looked at 14 random weight loss websites today and 12 out of 14 included drinking water as one of the top 3 tips. And as everyone is talking about how wonderful water is for losing weight one starts to rely upon it as a fact.

I think, in todays world one shouldn’t just trust the facts, but understand why those facts are “true”. So I did a little research on what water actualy does to your body and here is a summary of the “underlying facts” :

• More than 70% of your body is water.
• More than 15% of fat cells is water.
• Depending on how much water your body restrains, there may be much more water under your skin than the actual “fat”.
• Your body needs water to regulate temperature, to transport nutrients and “garbage”, etc. In fact water is even more important than food. You could survive without fodd for up to 2 weeks. But you will surely die after 2-3 days without water.
• Your body is highly adaptive. If there is a deficit of water, it will hold on every drop of water. Your kidneys will take the right measures and store all of the water it can wherever it can: under your skin.
• On the other hand, if you supply huge amounts of water your body won’t have any reason to store more as a reserve. By doing this, you can easily eliminate up to 40% or more of “volume” under your skin.
• Your body automatically regulates your body’s temperature. If you drink cold water, it has to be warmed up. This means that 2 liters of cold water daily will lead to up to 70 Kcals of extra burned calories a day. Roughlysaid : a pound a month. That is one of those tricks like cold showers (which also leads to greater energy expediture) that you could easily implement and burn even more calories.

Elimination of water reserves and higher energy spending. These are the two principal reasons why you should take more water for weight loss. Apart of that, there are other studies that suggest several health-related and beauty benefits like staying younger and having a cleaner skin.

A tip: look for water that is low in sodium as sodium retains water in the body and is counter-productive.

Cost: 0,15$-0,20$ or even free for 2 liters of water daily.