How many calories are burned by drinking water?
                                
                                
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                                Studies from the early 2000s suggested that drinking 500 ml of water could temporarily increase metabolic rate by up to 30%, which led many to wonder exactly how many calories are burned by drinking water. However, more recent research has shown this effect to be much smaller and largely insignificant for weight loss, though the phenomenon itself is real.