So, I hate to tell you this, but even ONE DRINK can interfere with your ability to lose weight. Yes, it’s true.
Actually just one drink has a much bigger impact on your body weight-wise than just adding calories. When you drink alcohol your body burns fat slower than usual. In his book Eat More Weigh Less, Dr Dean Ornish cites a study that found drinking three ounces of alcohol reduced the body’s ability to burn fat by one third. (Other studies have shown that alcohol can hinder fat burning up to 73%.)
Now that booze is off the menu if I’m trying to lose weight, what’s left?
Not soda. Sugary drinks (soda, energy drinks, fruit juice, sports drinks) are often cited as the single greatest contributing factor to obesity and overweight. Plus, soda has been shown to cause as many as 180,000 deaths per year! So, if you’re still drinking soda or allowing your children to do so, stop!
What does that leave? Water.
Water is great for maintenance and weight loss because it has ZERO calories and provides necessary support for virtually every body function. In addition to assisting with weight loss, water can help increase energy, relieve fatigue, improve your complexion, boost your immune system and a whole bunch of other things.
And lack of water, dehydration, impairs physical performance if you’re the kind of person who likes to exercise.
Bottom line, water sits at the top of the heap when it comes to the best thing to drink for weight loss, health, and just about everything else.