Drinking water needs to be done at the right time , not to mention drinking water at mealtime . Drinking habits which one will reduce the body's ability to absorb food .
A study from India showed that drinking water in the middle of a meal will cause the digestive system does not work well . It is contrary to the notion that water can help the food to go down to the colon .
The study researchers Shonali Sabherwal explains , the water you drink at mealtime will be absorbed in the gastrointestinal wall . And then, the hull is being issued gastrointestinal hormones that launched the process of absorption of food .
" The water will be mixed with hormones so that the hormone concentration was reduced and no longer equal to the food intake. If it were so , food can not be digested properly , " he said .According to Dr. Inge Permadhi , a nutritionist from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia ( Faculty of medicine ) , drinking water should ideally be done every hour . In this way , the body did not get hydrated before new fluid replaced .
While at mealtime , according to him , the water could have been taken before or after meals . " The point is not to let the body dehydrated . Eating when hungry is certainly not convenient because less saliva , " he said when met some time ago in Jakarta .
In addition , Inge also advised to choose water as a drink after a meal . This is because the water does not contain other substances that interfere with the body's absorption of food .Water also contains no sugar " overload " the body's calorie intake . Excessive sugar consumption is also associated with deneratif diseases such as diabetes mellitus type 2 .
