Welcome to Dishing Up Nutrition, brought to you by nutritional weight and wellness. I'm Joanne

Riteout. I'm a registered and licensed dietitian. And joining me as our co-host is Carolyn Hudson,

who's also a registered and licensed dietitian. Today we have the pleasure of having our local

water expert, Richard Grassie, owner of

Richard's custom water systems with us. He's here to share his expertise about the contaminants

found in tap water and why it's so important to filter your water. Our goal this morning is to

discuss a variety of information about the importance of water, filtered water.

And today we are especially focusing on how drinking water helps with weight loss and why the quality of water is so important.

Well, good morning, everyone.

Joanne, I remember when you told us a story about your additional drinking water,

extra glasses of water, and how it helped you lose several pounds.

So I know our listeners love to hear some of our testimonials and stories.

So would you mind sharing that with us? Sure, I can do that. In our nutrition for weight loss

classes, we give our class participants a handout that says water is the single most important

catalyst in losing weight and keeping it off. This handout has eight key

biochemical reasons that drinking water supports weight loss. So I thought to myself, I want to test

this information out. So I added a couple extra glasses, which is about three cups of water daily.

And the good news is in two weeks, I lost four pounds.

I didn't change what I was eating.

I didn't change my exercise.

I didn't change my sleep.

I just drank three additional cups of filtered water every day.

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