People drinking 17 oz of water before meals 3X per day lost an average of 9.5 lbs

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People drinking 17 ounces (500 ml) of water thirty minutes before meals three times a day lost an average of 9.5 lbs after three months compared to only 1.8 lbs for those who preloaded with water only once a day or none at all according to a recent study conducted in Birmingham, England.

Control group

The control group was told to imagine that there stomach was full before meals.

Conclusion

“There is preliminary evidence that water preloading before main meals leads to a moderate weight loss at follow up,” the authors of the study concluded.

Reference

Parretti HM, Aveyard P, Blannin A, Clifford SJ, Coleman SJ, Roalfe A, and Daley AJ. Efficacy of water preloading before main meals as a strategy for weight loss in primary care patients with obesity: RCT. Obesity (Silver Spring), 2015 Sep; 23(9): 1785-1791.

Author’s Contact Info

Helen Parretti
2 Nuffield
Department of Primary Care Health Sciences
Radcliffe Observatory Quarter
University of Oxford, UK
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