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Hydration: Are You Drinking Enough Water?

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Does Drinking Water With a Meal Help You Lose Weight?

Researchers have looked into this all kinds of ways. One study took almost 40 teenagers who were overweight or obese, encouraged half of them to drink more water and then followed them for six months. At the end of the trial, the group drinking more water didn't lose any more weight. Holly says that once you think about how digestion works, it makes perfect sense that you couldn't fool your body into thinking that water is food.

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