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Hey Fit,
I have been trying to drink more water daily. I remember learning in Health class, way back when, that drinking water while eating was bad for digestion. Is that true? Or was my health teacher Ms. LaRue wrong?
Thanks,
–Thirsty Sally
Great question! Drinking water during a meal does not disrupt digestion. It doesn't dilute digestive juices or interfere with the breaking down of nutrients. In fact, water and other liquids actually help break down the food in your stomach and keep your digestive system on track. So drink up!
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Don't you love it when teachers are wrong haha
1How do rumors like these get started???
2Good to know!
3So there old health teachers that didn't keep up on new stuff!
4drinking during my meals makes the food come back up for me
5I was wondering about that myself.
6I always drink water with my meals.
7I usually avoid 'cos of the same reason...now I'll drink a little, just can't drink a lot with my meals!
8Wow i have never heard of water being bad for you while eating, i wonder where she got that?
I have heard that it's good to drink a bunch of water before you eat and then you won't eat as much.
9don't know don't know, in medical school they teach future doctors that it's not ok to drink while eating, it's ok only after you're finished. that's why a drink is called a third course
10I always thought you weren't supposed to too..I always did it anyways, because it slows me eating and I'm all about being hydrated. I'm so glad you did this question Fit!
11Can you point me to the source where you found this isn't true? I'd like to show it to a friend to settle a little bet
12I usually drink water before I eat, not during the meal. I don't know why that is, but that's just how I've always eaten. I never heard anything about it being bad to drink water with meals though.
13I don't usually eat WHILE I'm eating because I'll feel way too bloated. I might have a glass before. In general though I am bad about remembering to drink water because I have to pee so darn much!!
14I can't drink during meals.. It messes up my system and my digestion and things go right through me even more. I have ulcerative colitis, and I have been told by numerous sources that because it dilutes those stomach juices that I need, it's just not good. Dang.
I love water so much
too.
15wowww, i've never heard of this in my life.
I drink SO much water when I'm eating.... I get really thirsty!!
16i can easily drink four or more glasses of water during a meal . . . especially at restaurants since they keep re-filling them. I'm always thirsty.
In my family that diet is making the rounds though - they claim that if you mix food and water it will screw with your body's ph level and when you stop doing it you'll lose weight. I keep telling them it's only because they get so thirsty that they finally stop eating, but they insist it works. To each their own, I guess.
17where did you find this info? i think you're supposed to drink water but not during the meal, before or after 30 minutes.
18Could you provide sources for your posts? I'd be interested in sharing this with colleagues, but unfortunately your blog does not carry the cachet that a peer-reviewed journal does.
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