Healthy Tips

Compared with normal weight people, those who
are classified as overweight or
obese need two glasses of water
intake more. Why is that? In an obese person's body, a
lower total body water because
water content in fat cells is
lower than the water content in
muscle cells. This means that
obese people more prone to water shortages. According Dr.dr.Saptawati
Bardosono, Sp.GK, clinical
nutritionist, obese people also
need more water to increase fat
burning (oxidation). "There are studies showing that
fat burning compounds need
water," said the doctor who had
Tati is in educating the media
event Role of Water in Various
Age Groups in Jakarta (18/03/2011). The habit to consume water
before meals is also effective to
provoke a sense of satiety. "Fat people are advised to drink
a glass of water before eating
to fill her stomach so that food
intake can be reduced. In
addition, when they appear
hunger before meals, drinking water can also cause a sense of
satiety," said faculty of the
Department of Nutritional
Sciences Faculty of medicine /
RSCM this.