The Importance of Water in Losing Belly Fat and How Caffeine Adversely Affects Your Body's Water

If you want to lose belly fat you need to drink water, a minimum of 64 ounces per day. Dehydration increases body fat. Dehydration also causes an increase in glucose (sugar) in your blood until reaching the liver then the increased glucose is stored as fat. The livers' job is to change stored fat by metabolism into energy. Metabolism is a continuous chemical and physical process going on in living organisms and cells creating energy.

Our blood is 90% water and our body weight is composed of 75% of water. The jobs of water are many: assists in digestion, transports nutrients, metabolizes your body's fat and cleanses toxins out of your body. Nutrients from our foods are broken down in the digestive system, becoming water-soluble.
Dehydration will cause your blood to thicken. The reason for this is the lack of water in your body. Your body will steal water from other parts in your body, one of the places is the capillaries. Capillaries are tiny blood vessels passing blood from the arteries to the veins. The capillaries will shut down from the lack of water.
Therefore dehydration will interfere with the livers' job of converting stored fat into energy, producing belly fat and fat in other parts of the body. Also, dehydration causes the kidneys to malfunction. The liver will than overwork itself, trying to compensate for the malfunctioning kidneys. The kidneys' job is filtering waste, toxins, ingested water and salt out of the bloodstream.
According to Rob Poulos, a fitness author, even though 64 ounces is the recommended amount of water he suggests drinking 100 ounces of water daily, especially if you are exercising. Water is an appetite suppressant assisting in losing belly fat naturally.
Caffeine is a diuretic meaning when you consume a sugar-laden cola drink the caffeine's job is to force stored water out of your body. Consequently if you are dehydrated you will aggravate this problem by consuming a caffeinated drink laden with sugar, storing more belly fat and overworking the liver at the same time.
Mild dehydration causes fatigue, a reduction of 5% of water in your body will affect 20-30% of your physical performance, at a 10% reduction in your water level will make you physically sick and at a 20% reduction level of water in your body you will die.

The results of dehydration are many: constipation, headaches and toxicity causing illness. But drinking enough water will flush out waste products in your kidneys and liver. Keeping your body healthy, only if the intake of water is enough. So therefore if you are trying to lose that belly fat water is much more than a necessity, it is a must.

There are many studies showing that drinking sufficient amount of water will cause a reduction in the risk of colon cancer by as much as 45%, bladder cancer by 50% and can reduce the risk of breast cancer. If consuming water can have such an impact on these critical diseases, than the importance of water in losing that belly fat is tremendous.

Article written by Rita Johnston. For Rob and Kalen Poulos, whose passion is to help others lose weight. They have been in the same situation, fat and frustrated, until Rob discovered his "Fat Burning Furnace" technique. Robs' technique will not only help you to burn fat but will also give you a healthy body full of energy and strength. Click on the link provided to learn more about the e-book Rob Poulos wrote.
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