Water great, but
won’t help bum fat
I read recently that you
should drink a lot of
water to help your liver
burn fat if you don’t
drink enough, the
kidneys use up all the
water. The same source
said other beverages
aren’t digested the
same way and won’t
help. That’s not what
I’ve heard before;
what’s right?
This just goes to show that you
can’t believe everything you read
Nutrition faculty at Ohio State
University explain that the liver
doesn’t need water to metabolize
fat. It’s 80 percent water anyway,
and actually produces water as a
side effect of metabolizing fat The
thought that your kidneys might
“use up” all the water before the
liver can do its job is nonsense.
Furthermore, beverages are
beverages, and the body treats
them all pretty much the same
True, both alcohol and caffeine are
diuretics, and cause your body to
eliminate some of the fluid you
consume. But for the most part,
other beverages are just as good as
water to help your body get the
fluid it needs
You can also get water from the
food you eat Bread is 36 percent
watei Pasta is 66 percent water.
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Most fruits and vegetables are 85
percent to 95 percent water
It’s a good thing there’s so much
water in the diet. The body needs
it. Water helps dissolve chemical
compounds so your body can use
them. It also serves as a medium
where chemical reactions can take
place and the body is a veritable
24-hour-a-day laboratory bustling
with such reactions. Water also
helps control body heat through
perspiration. Dehydration is a
serious problem if you don’t get
enough liquids.
All this means that a glass of
plain, old-fashioned water would
be a fine component of anyone’s
diet It’s refreshing and calorie-,
caffeine- and sodium-free But if
the only time you drink plain water
is when you brush your teeth,
neitheryoui liver oryourscale will
mind it a bit. Water won’t burn fat
Does drinking water
with meals help fill you
up faster?
It’s not a bad habit, but
researchers are finding that
“eating” water is an even better
way to help you cut calories
Most foods have some water in
them some foods more than
others In a study in a recent issue
of the American Journal of Clinical
Nutrition, researchers reported
that foods with higher water
content helped study participants
feel fuller while consummg fewer
calories. Their conclusion: Filling
up on foods with a higher water
content can help you reduce
calories without feeling hungry.
The researchers served meals
one day a week for four weeks to
24 study participants. At lunch,
each participant ate a first course
that consisted of chicken rice
casserole, the same casserole with
a glass of water, or a bowl of
chicken nee soup. The soup was
made of exactly the ingredients in
the casserole plus the glass of
water. However, the participants
who got the soup ate fewer calones
dunng the rest of the meal. The
soup helped curb their appetite
more than the casserole alone or
the casserole with a glass of water
This could be why a bowl of
cooked oatmeal, which has
absorbed a lot of water, is more
filling than a breakfast bar made
with the same amount of oats.
Soup, of course, is a good
example of a water-nch food, but
most fruits and vegetables are high
in water content, too. Unfor
tunately, water content isn’t listed
on Nutrition Facts labels, but you
can find it in the U.S Department of
Agriculture’s Nutrient Database
(http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/cgi
bm/nut_search.pl). There, you can
look up specific foods for their
nutrient content water is bsted
first. For example, raw zucchini is
95 percent water by weight; raw
tomatoes are 94 percent water. Raw
oranges are 87 percent water, raw
apples are 84 percent water. On the
other hand, white bread is 36
percent water; toasted, it’s 30
percent water.
Generally, this is more evidence
that adding more fruits and
vegetables to your diet is a good
thing, especially if you’re trying to
cut calories
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There are advantages and
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“everything.” Over the years I
have kept all the letters that
were sent to me. Now I can sort
them and give them back to the
people that wrote them 50 years
ago. They are like a diary of
their daily living. Of course, they
have cluttered up my house all
these years.
If my ancestors had not kept
their letters, I would not have
them to enjoy today. One letter
written in the mid 1800’s talks
of all the stones that they had to
pick up from the fields. Today
our grandsons have the same job
as the stones seem to multiply
from year to year.
Recently, a man came to see
me who is writing a book on the
history of our township. Due to
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keeping “everything”, I have
records of local mills, books on
local turnpikes and many old
pictures. When I want a certain
picture, I do have to sort through
a trunk that is almost full of
photos.
For eight years I worked m
an office in Lancaster From this
place I accumulated more
papers and letters, which now
are part of it’s history. A reunion
is planned and I was able to find
a lot of records of times past.
Event I am surprised at the
number of pictures that were
taken 60 years ago.
It is a pleasure to share these
items that I saved and those
that my great grandparents
saved. There would not be
antiques today if someone had
not cared enough to preserve
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