When the Diet, Drinking Water Drink More Effective Than Diet

Jakarta, We found many products low-calorie sweet drinks or diet drinks known as to lose weight. These drinks can indeed reduce the consumption of calories and lose weight. But replacing sugary drinks with water will be more beneficial for metabolism.

Researchers from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, conducted the study for six months against 315 people who are obese.

Participants were divided into two groups, one group was asked to replace calorie drinks consumed each day by 200 kcal with diet drinks. While the other group was asked to replace calorie drinks with drinking water only.

As reported at the Obesity Society annual meeting in Orlando, Fla., both groups were twice as likely to lose 5% body weight. However, a diet drink drinker will consume more carbohydrates and sugar than drinking water alone

In previous research has not sufficiently explained whether to replace sugary drinks with diet drinks can be beneficial to lose weight or for health.

"This study confirms that replace artificial sweeteners in beverages sweetened drinks may be a weight loss strategy is effective for the short term. But water is still a healthy choice," said Dr. Douglas Hill, from obesity researcher at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia as reported Health24. com, Friday (14/10/2011).

The study, led by Dr. Barry Popkin M indicates that the possibility of weight loss of 5 percent was significantly higher in patients that reduce the consumption of caloric beverages.

But after six months, the group who drank water experienced a significant increase in glucose levels and blood pressure diastoliknya lower compared to those who drink diet drinks.

Participants who consumed diet drinks tend to consume more calories after a three month trial. Drinkers tend to drink diet ate more desserts, sweeteners and bread as compared with water drinkers.

The study on the consumption of diet drinks showed the reason why previous studies found no health benefits from diet drinks, because he tends to eat more carbohydrates and sugary foods.

"Further research is needed to investigate whether artificial sweeteners trigger the desire for sweet foods anymore," said Dr. Hill.