The Importance of Drinking Water to Help You Burn Fat As a Part of Any Diet Plan By Joseph P. Landry

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The Importance of Drinking Water to Help You Burn Fat As a Part of Any Diet Plan By Joseph P. Landry

If you are an individual looking to burn fat and lose weight off of your frame, I want to first commend you for having this goal in mind. It is a sobering fact that too many people today are vastly overweight, a situation that seriously threatens their long-term health. Getting involved in both an exercise and legitimate diet plan is a step in the right direction. A crucial part of these plans is the importance of drinking water, (as well as water-based foods) to help you in burning bad fat from your body.

Consuming food from the right food sources, (fresh vegetables, lean chicken, fish and fresh fruit) helps to regulate an individual's metabolism in the fat burning, weight loss process. A program of regular exercise, (light weight lifting and calisthenics) performed ideally several days per week also helps the body burn fat as well as strengthen one's cardiovascular system. Along with these concepts regular water consumption daily replenishes fluids that the body loses while exercising, helps burn off bad fat and also helps vital organs in the body to function at their best.

The problem is that many people do not get the daily recommended levels of water as emphasized by the American Medical Association. Whereas it was long recommended that people drink 8 full (8 oz. minimum) glasses of water daily, it was recently revised upwards to 12 full glasses of water that should be consumed. Vital organs such as the liver and kidneys will become overtaxed if individuals were to consume levels of water well below the revised standards. Water also helps individuals to naturally get rid of toxins and waste from the body.

If you are have gotten involved in a legitimate diet plan, participate in an exercise regimen regularly, but still are not consuming water at the recommended level then you still are cheating yourself in trying to reach your weight loss goal. I will also go out on a limb and state bluntly that you also may be damaging your body too as you are not replenishing and nourishing your body with the needed amounts of water.

A legitimate diet plan should also educate you towards consuming from food sources that naturally contain high levels of water in their products. These products are naturally low fat, contain low levels of calories, help burn off bad fat and most importantly help to naturally hydrate your body. As your body benefits from consuming these food sources, (aiding the kidneys and liver) you will naturally burn fat and gain lean muscle. So, what are these high-water containing food sources? They are the following:

Watermelon - Composed mostly of water this fruit contains high levels of calcium, magnesium and potassium which help to regulate your metabolism.

Grapefruit - contain minerals to help detoxify the body.

Avocados - over 75% water based this food source contains high levels of monounsaturated fats, (good fats which helps lower one's cholesterol levels and regulates your metabolism.

Cantaloupe - low in calories, also regulates one's metabolism and also lowers the body's blood sugar levels.

Strawberries - low in calories and contains nutrients that provide high levels of anti-oxidants.

Additionally, some great and highly recommended vegetable sources that contain high levels of water would be cucumbers and broccoli. Please consider adding most of the above mentioned food sources to your diet plan. Your body will benefit in many ways, (receiving important minerals, vitamins and nutrients found in the foods) in addition to the fact that you will burn off bad fat and lose weight!

The daily consumption of high levels of water is essential in naturally hydrating and benefiting the body. It is also an essential step in helping one burn fat and lose weight in a diet, (as well as) exercise plan.