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Everyone knows your body needs hydration for optimal performance, especially during sweaty, summer months.  But a new study might have you reassessing how much beverage you should actually drink.

According to a study performed at Purdue University in Indiana, subjects who "drank" a controlled lunch of specially-prepared liquid test foods ended up consuming more calories than those that ate a solid food-and-water meal.  The study concluded: All three groups consumed the most total calories on days when a meal supplement was liquid (be it milk, watermelon juice or coconut milk), consuming 12 percent to 20 percent more calories than on solid-food days.  Professor Wayne Campbell says that prior studies have measured feelings of hunger but it has been "a leap of faith to believe that feelings of hunger correspond to the amount of calories consumed."  This experiment stands out, he says, because calorie intake was directly measured—revealing that people drinking liquid foods later consumed more calories even though they had reported feeling just as full.  Read More

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