Our stomachs have a knack of knowing when you will eat and starts releasing digestive juices immediately. If you start drinking water at the same time, what you are actually doing is diluting the digestive juices being released to digest your food, thereby hindering them from breaking down food.
People have no idea how wrong this practice is and how difficult this can be for their digestion. Research shows that sipping a little water during meals isn’t a cause for concern but drinking a glass or two may interfere with digestion. It is best to drink fluids before and two hours after meals as this helps in absorption of nutrients, researchers have found.
Drinking water with meals can also cause a surge in your insulin levels, almost like the way high glycemic food would affect you, Doctor's cautions. “The more insulin is released in to your blood stream, the higher the chances of you storing fat in your body.”
To avoid such dangers Doctors suggests a few don’ts. “Make sure your food is not too salty as that would aggravate your thirst and trigger your need to down more water. Besides, eating in a hurry will cause you to gulp your food down. Most likely, you would feel the need to wash it down with water while you are at it. Instead, chew, chew and then chew some more. We secrete a lot of digestive juices (enzymes) while chewing, which makes our stomach’s job easier.”
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