Drinking water during mealtime

Drinking water during meals can hamper your stomach digestive power and also fluctuates your insulin levels. the water dilutes the digestive juice and interfere with the digestion. too much liquid in your food can slow down your digestion. drink water 15 minutes before the meal or 15-30 minutes after the meal. Stay healthy. :)

Usually, I just drink enough before eating and then drink lots of water after eating. Still, I will prepare a full glass of water during meals, just in case soemthing caught my throat...

If Ayurveda is to be believed, water should not be taken from at-least half an hour before meals till half an half an hour after meals. The reason is that any water taken during this time will dilute digestive enzymes and so weaken the digestive process. Also, water taken just before the meals occupy space in the stomach and people eat less than what is needed, depriving body of nutrition. This also will increase the craving for snacks in between meals, which is known to be one of the main causes of body fat and obesity.

I never drink water before or during meals but almost an hour later. Drinking water during meals or even before will dilute our digestive juices and in fact will hamper digestion.

I usually practice drinking of tap water before mealtimes. This will help condition your digestive system and allow lubrication of the digestion path. I usually avoid drinking during meals. Although I admit of violating this one. They say that drinking water while during meals may not dissolve oils and fats and instead bring them together making them harder to be digested. As you can see, they are non polar matter which is insoluble to polar water. hence, they will tend to move on together in clusters when water is added up with them during digestion. That is why water, especially cold ones, they say are not good during meals. Plus, the effect of water draining the food will naturally give a person the tendency to swallow the food with water rather than take time to chew it up and break them down into small pieces for easier digestion.

I drink water whenever I feel the need to.I drink before,during and after mealtime.It does not affect me in any way. There are some people who say that water will increase the pH of the hydrochloric acid in the stomach,but I don't find it difficult to digest food. I would suggest you drink water whenever you are thirsty,regardless if it's before,during or after a meal.

My roomie had bypass surgery and isn't supposed to drink while she eats. I, on the other hand, if I don't have a drink with my meal, I can't swallow the food. I've been known to down over a half liter sometimes even a whole one, during a meal. There are a few things I don't need fluid for, but most things I need to drink with.

I have a very dry mouth and so I drink water all day long, especially when I try to eat something. The down side is that what goes in has to come out, so I am never very far from the bathroom..

It's good to drink water before your eat, its true that it helps you digest the food easily and it also makes you a little bit full so that you will eat little. The one who hiccup when eating is when they dont chew their food well thats why the the air cant pass by their throat so the effect is hiccup.

I really don't know that there is a best practice when it comes to having water to drink while you are eating. For me, I have to have something to drink when I am eating as this was the way that I was taught from the time that I was a young girl. However, in the time that I've learned more about cultures other than my own, I've heard that there are a lot of people that don't have something to drink while they are eating.

I think our body is the best advisor..lol. If it needs water, it will ask for it..lol God did make that hypothalamus..right?

kalav I support the view that one should not drink water during eating food -- it will affect food consumption. I support the view prevalent in Kerala -- drink hot water after taking food so that the food gets digested easily. I follow this nowadays and it is helping me. good day,.

kala, good to hear about your water drinking activities, always i drink water after completing the food, i don't have the habit of taking water in the mean time, for me, taking water after finishing the food is always good

The best possible practice is to drink water while your eating, after you eat, when you're thirsty or better yet, whenever you feel like it. People have done it since the first day of existence, we should be alright :)

Hi kalav56, I drink water all the time. It does not matter if its before or after meals I drink water then also. But I pretty much have a glass of water by my side at all times.

Hi, My yoga teacher gave me these tips about drinking water related to different meals: at least 15 minutes after light breakfast, half an hour after heavy breakfast and one and a half hours or at least 1 hour after lunch or dinner. He told me that because he follows this practice which he gained knowledge about from his guru in turn, he does not have any indigestion problems. I have tried very hard to abide by his instructions and when I have managed to follow it for some days at a stretch, I have indeed felt the difference. It has helped me get relief from gas and indigestion problems. I sometimes do tend to drink water when I am eating but still I am trying my best to act as he said as I did feel the difference on listening to him. He is a very knowledgeable elderly person.

Every individual has different health issues. Some needs water while eating to digest food easily while others are advised to drink before or after meal time. So I guess that depends on our health/ body system. That is why medical team always advise everyone to have a health check first before starting diet or change diet.

Yes I drink the water during mealtime because without water I cant eat food. Not only 1 glass but 2 or 3 glass.

Hello kalav56, I have also heard about many kind of theories from my uncle about drinking water. I usually drink water after having my meal. I don't know how it has become my habit. But still I continue it .

We have different practice depending our different culture. But for me I drink a lot of water after dinner to cleanse my body especially I'm drunk the other day. It is a good advised also to drink a cup of water before eating your meal to easily full your stomach and you will just eat few or a little amount of food.