it is all about water therapy,when is the exact time to drink water before and after meals?
2006-08-13 13:59:38 · 10 answers · asked by bertex 1 in Health ➔ Other - Health
If your goal is to eat less, then drink one full glass of water prior to your meals.
2006-08-13 14:04:57 · answer #1 · answered by Anna 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It does matter according to your digestive system. You should drink water 30-45 min before meals, never with your meals and 1-2hrs after a meal ( depends on how fast or proficient you digestive system is). When you drink water with your meals, you are diluting the digestive enzymes in your stomach & they cant perform their proper function in breaking down the foods you consume. When drinking water with meals, your stomach releases the liquid into the digestive tract first (which contains your enzymes too), which then leaves food in your stomach without the natural enzymes to digest the food for you, so the process takes longer. Taking a natural plant source of enzymes with your meal may help.
2006-08-16 20:59:22 · answer #2 · answered by baileyboop 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It doesn't matter. Not at all. And it DOES NOT "dilute your gastric enzymes". Total bullsh!t.
You don't need to drink 8 glasses of water a day. You certainly don't need 1/2 your body weight (in oz.) per day. You don't need ANY arbitrary target amount per day.
Drink when you're thirsty. Period! Don't live your life trying to accomplish something that has no scientific validity and is just an old wives' tale!!
http://www.snopes.com/medical/myths/8glasses.asp
http://calorielab.com/news/2006/05/28/8-glasses-of-water-a-diet-urban-legend
2006-08-15 14:24:07 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
30 minutes before eating and at least 1 hour after a meal..preferrably 2 hours after a meal.
2006-08-13 21:09:50 · answer #4 · answered by Deana G 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For crying out loud. Use some sense. Anytime you feel like it. If you don't believe this is the correct answer, you need to spend the next thirty or forty years studying animals. They drink when the need water and, if not messed with by modern man, survive fit and healthily.
2006-08-13 21:07:39 · answer #5 · answered by quietwalker 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
i really don't think it matters, as long as you drink 8 8oz. glasses a day. 10 if you want to lose weight better. drink one before a meal to fill yourself up.
2006-08-13 21:08:25 · answer #6 · answered by curious 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Drink before, after and during. It will help you to feel full, wash down your solid food and aids digestion.
2006-08-13 21:20:57 · answer #7 · answered by delusionale 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
before after and during. I guess it helps move the food through your system faster
2006-08-13 21:09:36 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-08-13 21:04:28 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
30 min. before and 30 min. after.
2006-08-13 21:16:29 · answer #10 · answered by organic gardener 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋