Benefits of drinking water

Although I'm sipping a glass of water while I write this, I'm putting it on my blog as a reminder: water is important for weight loss. This comes from Weight Loss Fantasy, and I'm not familiar with the site, but it sounds right, doesn't it?

Drinking ample amounts of water is the best treatment for water retention. When the body doesn’t consume enough water it goes into starvation mode and starts holding on to every drop. Water retention can be bothersome and shows up as:

* Swollen feet
* Swollen hands
* Swollen legs

Diuretics are simple solution with short term effects and while it forces out the retained water it is also forcing out essential nutrients that your body needs. The easy solution is consuming the amount of water your body requires.

Water helps to maintain proper muscle tone by giving your muscles their natural ability to contract by preventing dehydration. Water also helps to prevent sagging skin that is usually present after weight loss. During weight loss your body has more waste to get rid of and ample amounts of water help to flush out the waste.

Water can help relieve constipation. When the body isn’t consuming enough water, it starts taking what it needs from other sources and the colon is just one of those spots. The result ends in painful constipation.

The body does not function properly without water and it can’t metabolize stored fat properly. Retained weight piles on as excess weight. To rid your body of excess water you must drink more water. Water is essential to weight loss and staying healthy.

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