To lose weight, have more to drink and chew gum

If you believe the polls, then the problem of weight loss after the Christmas and New Year holidays, worried about every third German, said in an article published in Die Welt. They edition offers a "diet out of the tap."

In essence, the author writes the publication Norbert Lossau, the process of losing weight always comes down to energy balance: how much energy is consumed with food and how much is spent due to physical and mental activity. With reference to the results of a study team from the Berlin Charité Hospital under the leadership of Michael Boshmanna he recommends a simple way to increase the effectiveness of any diet.

Only need to drink plenty of cool water. As the researchers found, with the intake of half a liter of water at 22C consumes about 50 calories. The effect is explained by the fact that the water contains no calories, and warming it to body temperature, the body expends calories.