Will drinking water after exercise make you fat? The truth is this

Many girls who are prone to gaining weight have always been worried that they will gain weight if they drink water after exercise. Is this really true? Will drinking water after exercise make you gain weight? Let’s take a look together.

Drinking water while exercising certainly won’t make you fat.

The building blocks of fat are glycerol and fatty acids. In other words, without these two things, fat will not be formed and you will not gain weight. Water provides neither of these things. Therefore, it is not true that drinking water during exercise will make you fat.

If you are prone to obesity, you may be worried that drinking water after exercise will also make you gain weight. First of all, you have to be sure that the components of fat are glycerol and fatty acids. In other words, without these two things, fat will not be formed and you will not gain weight. Water provides neither of these things.

Some people may say that they will gain weight even if they drink water. In fact, this is unscientific. Let us give an example to illustrate that fat is an energy substance that can provide you with energy. If you think it is possible that water is converted into fat in the human body. So please think about it, if a person only drinks water and does not eat, will he (she) have the energy to do other things? I'm afraid it would be difficult for him (her) to even breathe, don't you think? Therefore, the conversion of water into fat does not exist. In other words, the amount of water consumed after exercise has nothing to do with weight gain.

After strenuous exercise, you usually only need to take a sip of water or rinse your mouth.

In fact, the increase in sweating during exercise will indeed consume a lot of body water, but it is not suitable to replenish water in large quantities after exercise. During strenuous exercise, although the amount of sweat will increase rapidly, and due to accelerated and enhanced breathing, the water in the mouth and throat evaporates faster, and saliva secretion decreases, resulting in dry throat mucosa and causing a feeling of thirst, but the body is not necessarily dehydrated. Usually, just gargle with water or drink a small amount of water will be enough. If you drink a lot of water during strenuous exercise, it will cause your stomach to swell, hinder diaphragm activity and affect your breathing; at the same time, it will also reduce gastric acid concentration and affect digestive function. Although you may feel dry mouth and tongue after exercise, it is not suitable to replenish water. You should replenish water before exercise to prevent the body from overdrawing water. The amount of water you drink varies from person to person, but to avoid causing discomfort, it is best to drink water 10 to 20 minutes before exercise, and replenish water immediately 5 minutes after exercise. However, after exercise, you should not drink a large amount of water at once. It should be less than 800cc to avoid poor stomach absorption. When drinking water during exercise, you should drink it in time before you feel thirsty. Don't wait until you feel thirsty, when your blood concentration increases, electrolyte imbalance or discomfort occurs, it will be too late. Especially when exercising and sweating a lot, you should replenish your water in time.

Drinking water before exercise is good for your body.

Experts say that drinking about 500 ml of boiled water 2 hours before exercise can improve the body's ability to regulate heat, lower the heart rate during exercise, give the kidneys enough time to metabolize, adjust the fluid balance and osmotic pressure to the optimal state, and allow enough time for excess water to be excreted from the body. Especially before running, hydration is crucial. Many people often ignore the replenishment of water before running, and there is even a wrong view that drinking water before running will cause stomach cramps. In fact, you should drink a small amount of water one hour before running. When you feel thirsty, your body has already lost about 3% of its body weight in sweat, so you should replenish fluids only when you feel thirsty. It takes 48 hours to replenish the amount of fluid lost.