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phillipelden
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#1 · Posted: 2 Sep 2009 07:01
Hello my name is Phillip Elden and I'd like to know if their is a water diet, and how is it if it is.
Thank you in advance.
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joanpeterson
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#2 · Posted: 4 Sep 2009 13:14
If you are trying to lose weight, a water diet will hinder your long term efforts. Just eat sensibly and eat according to your physical activity. And make sure you are active.
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#3 · Posted: 4 Sep 2009 15:21
Hi Phillip,
I agree with Joan.
On the other hand, you can drink the recommended amount of water each day if you aren't already doing so.
That'll help with your hydration, energy, digestion, and should also help you to feel a bit more full.
Cut way back on sweets. Don't overdo it with the carbs. Get plenty of exercise and sleep.
It's all just common sense really.
Diets don't work but a level-headed change of lifestyle does work. Furthermore, that's the only thing that will last.
I'm not a medical doctor and I am not giving medical advice nor am I qualified to give medical advice.
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joanpeterson
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#4 · Posted: 4 Sep 2009 20:59
Another thing I must say regarding intake of water - it is a known fact that drinking over the recommended amount can cause kidney damage.
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#5 · Posted: 22 Oct 2009 05:07 · Edited by: David_Ogden
joanpeterson: Another thing I must say regarding intake of water - it is a known fact that drinking over the recommended amount can cause kidney damage.
I had not heard that overdrinking water will damage you kidneys, beer and spirits Yes but water will flush right through.
If you are wanting to lose weight use water to replace intake from fruit juices and soda's and it will help you on your way
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#6 · Posted: 22 Oct 2009 10:53
Yes, drinking too much water can cause kidney damage.
An interesting study was done in Walkerton, ON where a number of people died when they drank contaminated water. As they studied the population, they began to discover that some people were showing early stage kidney disease and the only cause was due to them drinking too much water. For some, stopping the excess consumption of water allowed their kidney's to recover. For others, the damage was permanent.
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#7 · Posted: 24 Jan 2010 22:54
phillipelden: Hello my name is Phillip Elden and I'd like to know if their is a water diet, and how is it if it is. Thank you in advance.
This is not something you should be considering. Any results you experience will be very short term.
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#8 · Posted: 26 Jan 2010 08:45
You need water every day to keep up your hydration levels, but you also need balanced nutrition. I keep my proteins high and my carbs moderate every day and my weight stays pretty steady. Some exercise every day is important, too, for weight control. There's always someone promoting a fad diet, so you need to be careful and find a balance that will work for you. Good luck and the best of health!
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#9 · Posted: 26 Jan 2010 18:41
There is really no secret to losing weight. If you burn more calories than you take in, you will lose weight. If you burn less than you take in, you will gain weight. Water has no calories.
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#10 · Posted: 27 Jan 2010 23:33
The amount of water one needs is relative to the amount of food they eat, notwithstanding extraneous activity that demands you intake some liquid, like exercise.
I heard of the water diet and drink a ton a day, and I've heard it works, but it's probably not a long term effective solution.
I do know that if one starts their day with a glass of water before anything else, such as coffee and food, you'll feel much healthier as you refresh your system with the pure liquid it needs. (This does not apply to tap water, that is a known killer)
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AshleySullivan
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#11 · Posted: 6 Feb 2010 18:33
revenue4u
revenue4u: There is really no secret to losing weight. If you burn more calories than you take in, you will lose weight. If you burn less than you take in, you will gain weight. Water has no calories.
Unless you have a hormone problem...
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talfighel
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#12 · Posted: 7 Feb 2010 10:59
You don't need a diet. You need a lifestyle. Even if you lose the pounds that you wanted to lose, you will still gain it back within 6-12 months.
Yes, lose the weight but you need a healthy lifestyle and eat healthy foods.
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AshleySullivan
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#13 · Posted: 24 Feb 2010 20:37
talfighel: Yes, lose the weight but you need a healthy lifestyle and eat healthy foods.
Healthy doesn't equal fitness. There are a lot of chubby, healthy people out there. Losing weight has nothing to do with health, it has to do with caloric restriction.
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#14 · Posted: 25 Feb 2010 00:44 · Edited by: TJamMoneyMan
joanpeterson: Yes, drinking too much water can cause kidney damage. An interesting study was done in Walkerton, ON where a number of people died when they drank contaminated water.
Is this study based on drinking CONTAMINATED WATER?!?
If not, eggzackly how much water were these people drinking?
David_Ogden: If you are wanting to lose weight use water to replace intake from fruit juices and soda's and it will help you on your way
DEFINITELY!
Water and fruit is what our bodies have evolved on for a source of quick energy.
I used to poison my body regularly with cakes, cookies, and the like.
So much so I'd be sick with gripe the next day.
I learned to fast on WATER until the garbage I ate passed.
Up to a gallon in the early part of the day, before continuing my day eating as healthfully as possible.
Then I found it easy to drop such junk from my diet permanently.
But it took repeated fasting.
Water can be a real cure-all.
Use your common sense, research and experiment.
I seriously doubt you will harm your kidneys drinking water!!
If so, you would obviously have to drink TONS of water - or have a pre-existing condition.
I have heard that you can hallucinate from drinking so much water that you thin your blood.
That takes a LOT of water!!!
Look at it this way, you can hyperventilate and lose conscience by breathing too much air!
This by breathing in and out rapidly and shallowly - but who does that in their right mind?
Is there anything, done to excess, that is NOT unhealthy?
AshleySullivan: There are a lot of chubby, healthy people out there.
I am curious as to your definition of 'healthy'.
Not sure how you define 'chubby' either, but being overweight is unhealthy by for certain.
Just because you have no acute illness manifest, does NOT mean you are 'healthy'.
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