TY  - JOUR
T1  - WAter-drinking with meals
Y1  - 2012/01/11
N1  - 10.1001/jama.2011.1910
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 125
EP  - 125
VL  - 307
IS  - 2
N2  - 
“We can lay down the definite and certain rule that it [water] should never be drunk at meals, and preferably not for at least one hour after the meal has been eaten. The effect of drinking water while eating is, first, to artificially moisten the food, thus hindering the normal and healthful flow of saliva and the other digestive juices; secondly, to dilute the various juices to an abnormal extent; and thirdly, to wash the food elements through the stomach and into the intestines before they have had time to become thoroughly liquefied and digested. The effects of this on the welfare of the whole organism can only be described as direful.”

SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.2011.1910
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2011.1910
ER  -