Water for weightwatchers

It may sound Paradise-sent for individuals who've attempted every diet going but still unsuccessful to slim down.

A "cosmetic water", that the producers claim might help individuals who drink it lose weight, is incorporated in the shops.

Nestle, making Contrex, states its high calcium content accelerates the metabolic process, thus burning calories.

However the claim left health professionals not impressed yesterday.

Insisting the thought of slimming down by consuming standard water was too good to be real, they ignored the Contrex marketing campaign like a cynical make an effort to muscle in on Britain's ?1billion-a-year canned water market.

Dr Ian Campbell, chairman from the National Weight problems Forum along with a involving GP, stated: "I understand of no evidence whatsoever to state that calcium helps weight reduction. There is no good way to slim down and something that promises magic is for certain to not deliver it."

Nestle states Contrex consists of high amounts of calcium which "helps your body remain strong" and magnesium which "helps you to fight fatigue". A spokesperson added: "It's selling like hotcakes. Contrex continues to be offered in France for a long time. Women there refer to it as the slimming water.

"One litre consists of just as much calcium as two portions of milk so that as much magnesium like a bar of plain chocolate, but without the calories, which means you obtain the minerals you'll need without wearing weight. For ladies within the United kingdom the appearance of the natural standard water that can help these to slim will appear wonderful.Inch

Amanda Wynne, from the British Dietetic Association, stated, however: "There's no magical means to fix putting on weight in calcium - it's the amount you eat that means something.

"I'd get worried that individuals should not be fooled into thinking all they have to do is drink this water.

"The canned water industry has expanded in the last couple of years and we're prone to see more waters declaring an additional function. We have to be cautious.Inch

Contrex is presently available only in Waitrose stores for 49p a litre but tend to achieve other shops across the nation later around.