Showing posts with label leptin resistance. Show all posts
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Water Therapy to Lose Fat – How Drinking Water Can Help With Weight Loss

Since time immemorial, you must have heard that the hydration method for shedding unwanted fat from the body results in clean energy in the body. Water is the main solvent that perpetuates metabolism and assimilation of vitamins and minerals in the body. Water also flushes out the toxins accumulated in the blood – it is an essential element which helps in the proper functioning of the body. This mechanism of water therapy also cures ailments like throat diseases, bronchitis, palpitations, epilepsy, endocrine disorders and constipation apart from fighting obesity.

What is Water Therapy?

Water is known to play a vital role in performing all the functions of the body. It is of paramount importance that the body’s water reserve is continuously replenished to spontaneously enjoy a host of other benefits. It is important to know that the quantity of water to be consumed should be half the person’s body weight. Water therapy demands one and a half litres of water to be drunk immediately after waking up in the morning, and following a proper schedule of drinking water before brushing your teeth and drinking one’s morning beverage after 45 minutes. You must also ensure that nothing is consumed for at least two hours after every meal.

Why Do We Crave Sugary Food?

For many of us the sight of a freshly glazed doughnut can feel like falling in love and coming home to a pack of unopened cookies can feel like the adult version of Christmas morning. There’s something about sugar that hooks us and keeps reeling us in again and again. Whether we like it or not sugar has a major hold on us.

If you’re reading this it’s highly likely you understand, and have first-hand experience, of this allure. Sugar isn’t just confectionary, it’s compulsion; there is no such thing as stopping after “just one.” I mean, if one is good, more is better. At least that’s what it feels like with the sweet stuff.

We are given many reasons for our sugar cravings: pleasure-seeking brain circuits, intestinal parasites, mineral deficiencies, malnutrition, habitual behavior, unbalanced diets, too much salt, buried emotional issues, lack of sleep, stress.... and my favorite, lack of discipline. We are not at a loss for reasons for our addiction to sugar, yet knowing isn’t enough to change us or our behavior. If knowing was enough we would all be winning gold medals and gold stars in every area of our life. If anything, knowing just makes it feel worse... we know better so why aren’t we doing better? Knowing becomes just another reason for us to feel bad about ourselves.