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Water accounts for approximately 70% of our body mass. It might be that you’ve already known some advantages of water on our body, such as to avoid dehydration, regulates body temperature, aids in constipation and so on. What you might not have known is that water also helps you to lose weight, by increasing our body’s metabolism.

How does this work? We normally lose weight when our liver converts stored fats into energy and the intake of water speeds up this process. Drinking water also helps the kidney to remove wastes when you’re on a diet, or more specifically when your body breaks down body fat, wastes are produced, which are later removed by your kidney. Drinking enough water is important to keep the kidneys functioning to remove these wastes. A study in Berlin proved that by drinking 8 glasses of water everyday, you will be able to burn out your calories more quickly than usual. This studied showed that by drinking an extra of 2 litres of water, an extra 100-calorie would be burnt a day. Also, you should drink water more than any other beverage (such as soda and coffee) as it also can help you to significantly reduce your body weight.

However, if you’re drinking too much water, and eating too little, salts in your body tissues will be diluted and it can possibly lead to heart attack or even death. Health experts therefore advice you not to take an extra gallon of water a day, but rather a few additional glasses to aid in losing weight. A good indicator of how much water you should take can be reflected in the colour of your urine which typically tells you if your body lacks of water.

Thus, with healthy and clean water as well as adequate amount of water intake, your body can not only function at its optimum level, but also helps you burn some calories along the way.