CLOSE forget the diet books and weight loss pills. Apparently, the latest weight-loss trick as simple as sipping a few glasses of water before you eat. A new study has found that middle age (30s) and middle-aged who drink two cups of water before meals will lose more weight than those who passed the drink.

Research carried out on male-female obesity and overweight by age 55-75 years. The researchers divided them into two groups. The first group was asked to follow a low-fat diet while the second group were asked to follow the same diet with extra drinking two cups of water before breakfast, lunch, and dinner. After 12 weeks, people who drink water before meals to lose weight compared with approximately 7 kg 5kg for those who do not get drunk. The difference is quite significant, ie, almost 30 percent.

Drinking water is very simple

The researchers also found that when people are middle-aged and middle age to drink water before meals, they eat less because it became less hungry. However, researchers still are not sure, whether the decreased need to eat water drinkers will be compensated by eating more throughout the rest of the day. And after 12 weeks of diet, the fear was too faded.

"Drinking water is a fairly simple strategy that can help people trying to lose weight," said senior researcher Brenda Davy, a professor in the Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise Virginia Tech. "We're not saying, 'drink more water and body fat will disappear. But for people who try to lose weight and follow a low calorie diet, this is something they can do as part of his diet," added Davy.

After a year, weight is still down

The hardest things in the diet is to maintain the weight that has been dropped. The researchers went back to observe the participants' weight change during the year. The result, preliminary data showed that those who continue to drink water before meals is not only able to maintain weight, but even continue to lose approximately 0.5 kg each month. "Sip of water before eating may be effective at the age of middle-aged or older. Because previous studies showed that the age of 18-35 years often drunk before meals, eating desire remains the same, "said Davy.

Why? "As parents, it takes longer to empty the stomach, which is the reason why water helps their stomach feel fuller and less hungry, while at young people, leaving the stomach with water immediately," he added. Dieticians often recommend non-caloric beverages such as lemon soda, diet soda, or tea to help resist the urge to snack after dinner.