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On the upside if you are more conscious about your diet and go for proteins (to feel full longer), fresh stuff and less carbs then lots of water are practically mandatory to prevent gout. So the article's point of drinking lots of clean water being good for you is pretty spot on IMHO - regardless of dodgy science or faulty methods.

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Absolutely. There's nothing wrong with drinking water.

I'm just a little annoyed at the article, because all it offers the reader is something along the lines of "drink water before meals, it helps you lose weight, but we're not sure why!"

Any dietician could immediately them that they're losing weight because of a caloric deficit-- a result of feeling more full from the water.

I would have just preferred they point it out rather than equate a glass of water before meals to some sort of magic pill.

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