Do you drink water before breakfast?

China
April 14, 2008 3:06am CST
Hi friends! Drink a glass of water before breakfast is good for our health. Water is absorbed quickly and stimulates drainage and clease the system. Do you always drink a glass of water before breakfast?
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• India
14 Apr 08
Yes your are right. Drinking water before taking food helps for the secretion of gastric juices. I would say drinking water early in the morning after waking helps you a lot. I do drink water before i eat....
• India
14 Apr 08
Glad to meet you here. How many times do you drink water in a day...
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• China
14 Apr 08
Thanks for response, vinaykiran. Glad to meet you there.
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• China
15 Apr 08
It depends. I always drink 5 or more glasses of water.
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@cbjcink (147)
• Japan
14 Apr 08
Yes I drink Water before Breakfast. I heard it's Recommended to drink 2cups of water every morning especially when it's cold.
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@cbjcink (147)
• Japan
14 Apr 08
No problem. By the way i found a thread in Yahoo Answers there's some posts about it here http://tinyurl.com/3rllny
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• China
14 Apr 08
Thanks for the link. Several person recommend to drink water before brushing teeth.
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• China
14 Apr 08
Hi cbjcink! Thanks for give us this information!
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@moondan (712)
• China
19 Apr 08
Wes i do ,i drink water before breakfast.I always drink one when i get up and most of my roommate all drink a cup of water when then wake up.but some of them said that the water is no taste,so one of my friend will add some honey into it that makes it good taste.the other one of my friend prefer to drink soybean milk instead of water.I think they all have the same advantage to stomach. When we get up,the body system clean up the rubbish in our body,if we drink one water,it helps intestines to make them out.some body say that it is also hairdressing to not only women but also men.How wonderful the cup of the water.though sometimes i forget to drink the water,but i will strengthen the habit. But i want to say that it is not good to drink one cup of water before meals except breakfast.It lets us feel full and lets us don't want to eat food.so my mother don't let me to drink water before eating meals no mater how thirsy i am.
• China
21 Apr 08
Hi moondan! You are right, It is not good for our health to drink a cup of water before meal. Have a good time.
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@Swaana (1205)
• India
14 Apr 08
Thanks for the information. I dont drink water before breakfast. But I drink two glasses of water immediatly after I brush my teeth. I really feel rejenuated every day early in the morning. Yes this really helps me to cleanse my system.
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• China
14 Apr 08
Hi Swaana! This is a good habit. It usually make illness minor. Have a good day!
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@heart143 (1202)
• Philippines
14 Apr 08
No, I don't drink a glass of water before my breakfast. Thanks for the information that such way is good for the body. I will try to incorporate that habit before my breakfast. By the way, which one is better, warm or cold water?
• China
14 Apr 08
Hi heart143! I have read one article, it said you can drink either cold or warm water before breakfast. By the way, I feel warm water make me more comfortable. But you'd better drink warm water or hot soup after a meal, especially oily meal. Because the cold water will solidify the oily things you have eaten, it will slow down the digestion. Have a good day!
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@kekexinfeng (1295)
• China
14 Apr 08
I agree with you,I also think drink a glass of water befor breakfast is good for us,but i often remmeber untill breakfast is finish,we should be accustomed to this or we will forget,water is the best makeup for us,it can take the rubbish in our body,it also keep the balance of organism in our body,i like it
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• China
14 Apr 08
Hi Kekexinfeng, Nice to meet you in mylot! Keep this habit everyday, we can make our body more health.
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@mamakat (321)
• United States
15 Apr 08
I wish I could say I was better about this, but I don't usually drink water before breakfast. But it does make sense that it is a good thing to do. These are just my own theories and thoughts here, but the first thing that comes to mind for me is if you drink a glass of water before eating, you will be less likely to start your day overeating. If there is something, even just water, in your stomach before you eat, you will probably begin to feel full faster and be able to eat more in moderation on your first meal of the day. Second, I'm guessing it would be very beneficial when it comes to re-hydrating your body from the night's sleep. If we think about it, we go longer at night than we do any other time without taking in any food or liquid. So it would stand to reason that your body would need water first thing in the morning to re-hydrate and even kick start your metabolism and digestion. I have to admit that at one point in my life, I was really bad about drinking enough water at all throughout the day. But I finally came to the realization that our bodies crave water and we function much better throughout the day when we are drinking enough. Thanks for the reminder about how important it is to drink some first thing in the morning! Now. . . I'm off to get something to drink.
• China
16 Apr 08
Hi mamakat, Thanks for your analysises, I think it make a sense. keep drinking before breakfast and keep healthy. Have a good day!
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@naseefu (1607)
• India
16 Apr 08
Yes,before every food I take some water.But it is not a glass.I takes only very few water before food.As you said in the case of breadfast I always takes tea first,not water.Thanks
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• China
17 Apr 08
Hi naseefu! I searched an article just now about drinking tea before breakfast. It said that you'd better not to do that before breakfast. Tea will stimulate our stomach and don't drink tea as soon as you eat breakfast, it will influence on calcium absorption.
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@leo321 (214)
• China
16 Apr 08
well,i don't drink a glass of water before breakfast,but now after read your discussion of "Do you drink water before breakfast?",i compeletely agree with you that drink a glass of water before breakfast is good for our health,also it's a good habit. from now on,i will drink a glass of water befare breakfast everyday.thanks for your good information.
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• China
17 Apr 08
Hi leo! I am happy to hear that my tip are useful. Thanks for your response. Nice to meet you.
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@whiteheron (4222)
• United States
16 Apr 08
My boyfriend told me to do this but I must admit I have not done it... Something about being told to do it by him (perhaps because he did not give much information about why it was important or good for me) and about having gone through 47 years of life and not doing it Thanks for sharing this information. I may begin to incorporate this into my morning routine.
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• China
16 Apr 08
Hi whitehron! Yes, it is good for our health. Have a good time!
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• China
16 Apr 08
Hi Lucy! That is a good discussion. Yes indeed drinking a cup of water before breakfast is good for health. I know a saying that drinking water before brushing teeth is good for constipation cured. An old saying that An apple a day makes the doctor away.I think that is also suitful or drinking water. Water is an important fluid in our body.When we wake up water can quickly stimulate our offal system,It is good for our metabolism and make us fresh the whole day. So from now on drink some water before breakfast.LOL
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• China
16 Apr 08
Hi jeanie! Thanks for your information.
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@tops76 (289)
• India
16 Apr 08
I also agree that drinking a glass or two before breakfast is beneficial. I am actually bring this to my habit to drink a glass of water before breakfast. Not only that its equally beneficial to drink to lot of water at other time also. Biologically I am novice, but drinking water and lot of it is always beneficial. Regards.
• China
17 Apr 08
Hi tops, you are right, drinking enough water is beneficial to our body. Nice to meet you!
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@seiyuh (162)
• Philippines
15 Apr 08
I do. I always make sure to put a bottle of water [500 ml = 2 glasses] beside my bed so that right after I wake up, I'd drink it all. Yeah, it cleanses the system but it didn't help my constipation. =(
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• China
15 Apr 08
It is more convenience to put the water at advance. By the way, I heard that eat bananas can help constipation, you can have a try.
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@ClaireN (13)
• France
16 Apr 08
That's a great tip, but I really need my cup of tea to get me going. Perhaps I should drink a cup of water as the kettle's heating up?
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• China
17 Apr 08
Hi Claire! I have never drunk tea before breakfast, so I don't know whether it is stimulate our stomach or not. But the article said we'd better not do that. Thanks for sharing.
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@ajithlal (14716)
• India
14 Apr 08
I never drink water before breakfast. Thank you for the information. I will try to drink water before breakfast now onwards. I like drinking water throughout the day. I tries to refill my bottle of water in the office and drink water as far as possible. I think drinking water is good for health.
• China
14 Apr 08
Hi ajithlal! You can have a try tomorrow morning. Abosorb enough water is so important for everyone.
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@deeeky (3667)
• Edinburgh, Scotland
14 Apr 08
No I do not drink water before breakfast. I drink pure orange juice so I do not think that orange juice contains water as such so it is a liquid that I like to have in the morning. Have a great day from Deeeky
• China
15 Apr 08
Hi deeeky! Thanks for sharing! Have a good day.
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@Sissygrl (10912)
• Canada
15 Apr 08
I do not, but i always drink coffee or tea for breakfast does that count ? :P
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• China
15 Apr 08
Thanks for response. I think functions of drinking water before breakfast and drink coffee or tea for breakfast are different.
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@johndur (3052)
• Pasig, Philippines
14 Apr 08
i dont but i make sure to drink at least two glasses of water after every meal including snacks...because i know our body needs a lot of water to function well...
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@johndur (3052)
• Pasig, Philippines
15 Apr 08
is it necessary to drink warm water and not cold water?
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• China
15 Apr 08
I have read a article about it. It said that the cold water will solidity the oily food we have eaten, and it will slow down the digetion,
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• China
15 Apr 08
Yes, water is the source of life. You'd better drink warm water after every meal.
@cream97 (29087)
• United States
21 Apr 08
No not really. Only if I am thirsty.
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@Dorislee (209)
• China
14 Apr 08
Before, there was almost one year, I insisted in drinking a glass of water when wake up, because some papers told me that drinking a glass of water when wake up will help us good health and keep slim... But, finally, I gave it up, major reason was that most time I forgot to drink, sometimes we need to deal with daily things, got a hurry, so forgot
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• China
15 Apr 08
Hi Dorislee! Yes, we always have to deal with daily thins, although we know it is good for our body, we just have no time to keep it.
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