“Drinking water can help dieters lose at
least five per cent of their bodyweight,”
the Metro has reported.
The story is based on research that hoped
to find evidence to support the common
sense theory that replacing high calorie
drinks with water or diet drinks helps
weight loss. While patients in all groups
lost weight on average, the study failed to
prove this intuitive method of weight loss
was better than simply advising
overweight people on how to lose weight.
The news was based on a small study of....
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