To drive in its importance, we are constantly being reminded about the great value of eating healthy foods when it comes to
Even though getting control of what you eat is important, it turns out that what you drink may be even more important, according to researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
In their study, they examined the relationship between drinking beverages among adults and weight change, in which 810 adults ages 25-79 participated for 18 months. From their findings, it was determined that a reduction in calories from beverages or liquids helped participants to lose weight. No surprise there.
But what is more remarkable is that liquid calories may have a stronger impact on your weight, than eating solid food. This is significant because most of what we hear from the media revolves around curbing the type of solid foods we consume, not liquids. Their findings also corroborates the belief that the obesity epidemic is due in large part from the calories consumed from sugar-laden beverages.
What this means to dieters is that solid food should not be your only focus when it comes to your diet. Those occasional sodas that you allow yourself to indulge in may be the very thing that is holding you back from the significant
So if there was any doubt in your mind before, hopefully this information will further convince you that you need to kick the soft and fruit drink habit and stick to water. Your waistline will thank you for it.
