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The video explains how being dehydrated can slow down fat loss and why staying hydrated is important. When fat is burned, the liver has to process it, but the kidneys cannot function properly when the body is dehydrated, so the liver has to assist them. This takes energy away from the liver, which is needed to burn fat. Human growth hormone (HGH) is also impacted by dehydration, which causes a decrease in its production. HGH helps to mobilize triglycerides and shrink fat cells, so dehydration can reduce the body’s ability to burn fat. Dehydration also affects cognitive function, with a 2% decrease causing a 30% decline. A study found that being dehydrated can increase the risk of obesity by 1.59 times. To combat dehydration, it’s suggested to drink one or two glasses of water in the morning before consuming other drinks, add salt to the water to create an isotonic state and ensure minerals are in check.
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Dehydration can hurt fat loss results and liver function. The liver has less fat-burning capacity if the kidneys are dehydrated, as they can no longer filter the blood effectively. Additionally, dehydration can reduce cognitive function and the production of growth hormones, which aid in fat metabolism. Studies show that being inadequately hydrated can lead to a higher body mass index and an increased likelihood of obesity. To improve hydration, one should drink a full glass of water with electrolytes upon waking and throughout the day.
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Dehydration Hinders Fat Loss Results and Affects the Liver- Here’s How
Dehydration is a common problem that many of us face daily. Some of us may not be aware of its adverse effects on our bodies, including insufficient blood filtering and poor fat metabolism. In this article, we will explore how dehydration hinders fat loss results and affects liver functions, growth hormone production, and cognitive functions.
Organ Function
The kidneys play a crucial role in filtering blood. When these organs become dehydrated, their capacity to filter the blood becomes inhibited. As a result, the liver is required to filter the blood more, negatively affecting its performance in metabolizing stored fat. This means the liver’s fat-burning capacity decreases by half, indirectly impacting fat-loss results.
Endocrine System
Growth hormone (HGH) is a vital fat-burning hormone that binds to the receptor sites of fat cells, breaking down triglycerides and shrinking the fat cells. However, when the body is dehydrated, the production of HGH is hugely reduced. Consequently, this leads to limited fat metabolism, making achieving significant fat loss results difficult.
Cognitive Function
The brain comprises over 80% of water, making it highly sensitive to changes in water levels. Dehydration of even 2% can decrease cognitive function by up to 30%. This leads to tiredness and fatigue, which negatively impacts motivation to exercise and eat well, indirectly hindering fat burning.
Study
One study on dehydration and obesity utilized urine samples provided for the U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2009-2012 and the participants aged 18 to 64. The study found that one-third of the participants were inadequately hydrated. Additionally, the odds of being obese for participants who were not well-hydrated was 1.59 times higher. Researchers also found that a lack of proper hydration was associated with a higher body mass index.
Improve Your Hydration
One of the easiest ways to improve your hydration is by drinking a full glass of water immediately after waking up. After 6 to 8 hours of sleep, our bodies are dehydrated, making it essential to rehydrate the body first thing in the morning. Avoid drinking tea or coffee, as they are diuretics that can further dehydrate the body. It is important to add electrolytes (salt) to your water to assist in mitigating the risk of hypernatremia, where the sodium concentration of your blood becomes too low due to drinking too much plain water when dehydrated. Also, by adding salt to your water, you will rehydrate more effectively, as the salt helps the water pass from your gut into the blood and keeps it there. Drinking plain water when severely dehydrated will only allow up to 50% of consumed absorption.
Conclusion
Dehydration is a common problem that can negatively impact your health by affecting liver function, growth hormone production, and cognitive function. Drinking enough water is important, especially while trying to lose weight. To achieve significant fat loss, hydration is a key component that aids in improving organ functions, metabolism, and cognitive functions. If you are currently on a weight-loss journey, tracking your daily water intake and ensuring you consume adequate amounts to achieve better results is important.
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Dehydration Hinders Fat Loss Results and Affects the Liver- Here’s How- Thomas DeLauer
Organ function- If your kidneys become dehydrated, their main job of filtering the blood becomes inhibited, and so passes a lot of the job onto the liver. One of the liver’s functions is metabolizing stored fat in the body, and therefore only has half the fat-burning capacity if your kidneys are malfunctioning from dehydration. The liver is babysitting two kids instead of just one.
Endocrine system- Growth hormone (HGH) is a potent fat-burning hormone. It binds itself to the receptor sites of fat cells and breaks down triglycerides, shrinking the fat partition.
However, high production is hugely reduced when the body is dehydrated, limiting fat metabolism.
Cognitive function- The brain is made of roughly 80% water and is, therefore, very sensitive to changes in water level. Just 2% dehydration can reduce cognitive function by up to 30%.
This can lead to a feeling of tiredness and fatigue, which negatively promotes a lack of motivation to exercise and eat correctly – indirectly hindering fat burning (1)
Study- One study examined dehydration and obesity and used urine samples provided for the U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2009-2012 from 9,500 participants ages 18 to 64. The study found that nearly one-third of participants were inadequately hydrated and that the odds of being obese were 1.59 times higher for people who were not well-hydrated – it also found that a lack of proper hydration was associated with a higher body mass index. (2,3)
Study Links:
http://www.annfammed.org/content/14/4/320.full
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4940461/
Improve Your Hydration- Drink a full glass of water on waking. Six to eight hours of sleeping leaves us dehydrated first thing in the morning. The worst thing you can do at this time of the day immediately drinks tea or coffee – they act as diuretics and will dehydrate you even further. It is important to include electrolytes (salt) in your water to mitigate the risk of hypernatremia (a condition where the sodium concentration of your blood becomes too low due to drinking too much plain water when dehydrated). By doing this, you’ll also rehydrate more effectively as the salt helps the water pass from your gut into the blood and keeps it there (if you only drink plain water when you’re severely dehydrated, you’ll only absorb 50% of the amount, you drink.) (1,4) Highly polarized water is attracted to positively charged sodium in the blood.
References:
1) Four Ways Dehydration Inhibits Fat Loss and Four Ways To Fix It | Health Bath. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://health-bath.co.uk/blog/four-ways-dehydration-inhibits-fat-loss-and-four-ways-to-fix-it/
2) Inadequate Hydration, BMI, and Obesity Among U.S. Adults: NHANES 2009–2012. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.annfammed.org/content/14/4/320
3) The Surprising Link Between Dehydration and Obesity – Nutrition – Health.com. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.health.com/nutrition/drink-water-stay-slimmer
4) Thirsty? New Study Links Good Hydration To Slimmer Waistlines: The Salt: NPR. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/07/12/485737511/thirsty-new-study-links-good-hydration-to-slimmer-waistlines
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