Tips for losing weight

[Occhidiangela]

Hi,
I thought so myself until today, when I read an article in the newspaper that this is a myth. According to the article, a study had been done a long time ago which seemed to show this, and since it sounded so convincing, the idea became wide-spread. But now, several scientific mistakes have been found in the original study, and new studies have been made. According to them, drinking a normal amount of coffee (not more than 4-6 cups per day, depending on your physical disposition) won't dehydrate your body, and in fact will count towards your total amount of water your body needs per day.

The sources quoted in the article sounded credible, and the explanation what caffeine does to your body (and what not) sounded good to a non-biologist like me as well, but that may not mean much. :P   I could provide more details if you want.

-Kylearan
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There is the small problem that caffeine acts as a mild diuretic, in terms of speeding the flushing of the system functions in your body. Water meets your needs just as well, without speeding up any processes unduly.

We had a number of pilots that I flew with in the late 1980's suffer kidney stones, and be lost from our roster for some weeks, due at least in part to flying/operating in a very hot environment and drinking a lot of iced tea/coke rather than water. The flight surgeons were very explicit on their guidance and medical advice on why caffeine, and backed up their admonitions to us with well grounded medical factors. That said, each person's body will react somewhat differently to the same influence, and it must be said that each of those cases did not have the caffeine intake as the sole determinant: but it was a factor. (Based on their briefs to us.)

Occhi