According to Chinese medicine, consuming warm water before meals helps to rebalance the body’s energy and help you lose weight.
Just talking about weight loss makes women crazy to know that there is already some kind of magic out there capable of shedding those extra unwanted pounds. The truth, however, is that miracles don’t happen in this sense and not even warm water, which can be very useful in weight loss (according to Easterners), will work miracles. So keep that in mind.
Ingesting warm water, however, helps in the process of rebalancing the body’s energies, according to Chinese medicine.
Experts on the subject guarantee that the biggest secret to this little trick is the feeling of satiety that hotter water than room temperature is capable of providing, “tricking” our brain and making the feeling of satiety arrive more quickly.
Furthermore, according to nutritionists, warm water also helps with digestion. In general, when you consume warm water close to meals, you “prepare” the body to work better, transforming the nutrients ingested into energy to be burned in a much more agile way.
How to lose weight by drinking warm water?
Now, if you’re wondering how to lose up to 2 kilos per week by drinking warm water, the answer lies in a set of actions and good habits.
Calorie burning is enhanced, but for the results to be noticeable you have to combine a balanced diet, preferably under the guidance of a nutrition professional, with physical exercise and daily consumption of a heated drink daily.
Chinese medicine, for example, recommends that warm water should always be ingested 15 minutes before meals. The ideal is to drink 300 ml of warm water, between 29 ºC and 36 ºC, before breakfast (that is, while still fasting), before lunch and before dinner.
The practice is only not recommended for those who have kidney disease and undergo hemodialysis.
How does weight loss work?
According to the Chinese, warm water is part of an energetic treatment to balance the Yin (considered all cold energies) and Yang (all hot energies) forces in the body. Ancient oriental wisdom, in fact, preaches that it is thanks to this balance that life exists on our planet.
In the human body, the imbalance of these energies can cause a series of consequences, such as obesity, for example. In fact, for them, there are two types of obesity: Yin and Yang.
Yin
Yin type people are considered calm individuals, who eat little and end up concentrating fat on their legs and hips.
According to Chinese medicine, they gain weight because they have too much cold in their stomach. This, theoretically, means that they need more time to digest food, which also indicates a slow metabolism. Basically, they feel less hungry, but they retain a lot of fluid.
The consumption of warm water, then, would make up for the lack of heat in the body, improving digestion and making the body function faster.
Which
Yang people are more agitated, eat a lot, speak at the same intensity and tend to reserve more fat in the upper part of the body. According to the ancient Chinese, this happens for the opposite reason to people of the Yin type: due to excess heat in the stomach.
With the body becoming hotter and running too fast, these people empty themselves of meals more quickly, feel hungrier and eat excessively. Warm water, in these cases, would have the role of calming the stomach, making the digestive process a little slower and the appetite less voracious.
Interesting, right? Are you more of a Yin or more Yang person? Do you think warm water can really help you lose weight? Be sure to tell us your opinion and, if you have already tried it, be sure to tell us your experience!
Now, speaking of weight loss, perhaps you should also read: Tips that really work to lose weight after age 30.
Source: M de Mulher
