Drinking Water Before Meals Aids Weight Loss
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Drinking Water Before Meals Aids Weight Loss
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#2I was having a debate with my brother about when salad should be eaten, before or after a meal. I said it would make a difference. He said it made no difference. (Americans seem to be in the minority for eating salad before meals) Some light research on the Internet was not completely conclusive, but it appeared there is not much difference. However, since salad digests slower it's generally considered better to eat it after a meal. On the other hand, eating salad before a meal can make a person feel fuller, so that they eat less.
It may be a good combination to both eat a salad and drink water before meals. However, one caveat would be that water dilutes stomach acid, so it's probably not a good idea to drink a lot of water before meals.
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#3I was having a debate with my brother about when salad should be eaten, before or after a meal. I said it would make a difference. He said it made no difference. (Americans seem to be in the minority for eating salad before meals) Some light research on the Internet was not completely conclusive, but it appeared there is not much difference. However, since salad digests slower it's generally considered better to eat…
I said it would make a difference. He said it made no difference.
Difference in what though? Satiety? Hunger? Weight loss? The underlying method for all weight loss is to eat fewer calories. How someone accomplishes that is up them and may come down to personal preference.
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#4I was having a debate with my brother about when salad should be eaten, before or after a meal. I said it would make a difference. He said it made no difference. (Americans seem to be in the minority for eating salad before meals) Some light research on the Internet was not completely conclusive, but it appeared there is not much difference. However, since salad digests slower it's generally considered better to eat…
I said it would make a difference. He said it made no difference. Difference in what though? Satiety? Hunger? Weight loss? The underlying method for all weight loss is to eat fewer calories. How someone accomplishes that is up them and may come down to personal preference.
A salad before a meal, particularity 20-30 minutes beforehand, will start the enzyme processes that eventually render satiety.
However, most American salads are loaded with decidedly non-healthy items, so a 200-300 drop in meal calories would be offset by the salad itself.
Better just eat them to increase vegetables, then. (No iceberg!)
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#5I was having a debate with my brother about when salad should be eaten, before or after a meal. I said it would make a difference. He said it made no difference. (Americans seem to be in the minority for eating salad before meals) Some light research on the Internet was not completely conclusive, but it appeared there is not much difference. However, since salad digests slower it's generally considered better to eat…
I said it would make a difference. He said it made no difference. Difference in what though? Satiety? Hunger? Weight loss? The underlying method for all weight loss is to eat fewer calories. How someone accomplishes that is up them and may come down to personal preference.
I wasn't thinking it would make a difference in weight loss necessarily, but thought it would be better one way or the other for digestion.
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#6Earlier quoted context omitted.
I said it would make a difference. He said it made no difference. Difference in what though? Satiety? Hunger? Weight loss? The underlying method for all weight loss is to eat fewer calories. How someone accomplishes that is up them and may come down to personal preference.
A salad before a meal, particularity 20-30 minutes beforehand, will start the enzyme processes that eventually render satiety. However, most American salads are loaded with decidedly non-healthy items, so a 200-300 drop in meal calories would be offset by the salad itself. Better just eat them to increase vegetables, then. (No iceberg!)
Eating anything 20-30 minutes beforehand will do that. Even eating a meal more slowly will result in eating less due to feeling sated sooner. The first bullet point here is relevant: http://zenhabits.net/5-powerful-reasons-to-eat-slower/
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#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
I said it would make a difference. He said it made no difference. Difference in what though? Satiety? Hunger? Weight loss? The underlying method for all weight loss is to eat fewer calories. How someone accomplishes that is up them and may come down to personal preference.
A salad before a meal, particularity 20-30 minutes beforehand, will start the enzyme processes that eventually render satiety. However, most American salads are loaded with decidedly non-healthy items, so a 200-300 drop in meal calories would be offset by the salad itself. Better just eat them to increase vegetables, then. (No iceberg!)
Oh Man! how I hate iceberg lettuce. Why does anyone like it at all ? Cucumber tastes way better.
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#8I was having a debate with my brother about when salad should be eaten, before or after a meal. I said it would make a difference. He said it made no difference. (Americans seem to be in the minority for eating salad before meals) Some light research on the Internet was not completely conclusive, but it appeared there is not much difference. However, since salad digests slower it's generally considered better to eat…
Water does not meaningfully Change the acidity of your gastric mucosal lining. Even antacids only do so temporarily.
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#9To lose weight, first we burn some fat:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta_oxidation
"...Hydration: The next step is the hydration of the bond between C-2 and C-3."
enoyl CoA hydratase L-β-hydroxyacyl CoA
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#10I was having a debate with my brother about when salad should be eaten, before or after a meal. I said it would make a difference. He said it made no difference. (Americans seem to be in the minority for eating salad before meals) Some light research on the Internet was not completely conclusive, but it appeared there is not much difference. However, since salad digests slower it's generally considered better to eat…
> Americans seem to be in the minority for eating salad before meals
I always believed that's the only way it's eaten by etiquette (after appetizer and before the main course).