Importance Of Drinking Water
The importance of drinking water for our bodies is paramount to good health; water makes up to 70% of your body weight.
Safe drinking water is of course important for a healthy body, and perfect drinking water is filtered.
You need water for hydration (water levels in the body). Without it you would of course dehydrate, and organs would shut down.
The water in your body is used for many functions, it helps with saliva, tears and sweating, which is needed for helping cool the body down, and most important, drinking plenty of it, helps keep you looking younger.
Signs Of Dehydration
Your body gives you signs when it is dehydrated, you may have a headache, dry lips or eyes, your urine could be dark in color, and you may have a loss of appetite.
If you don’t drink enough when your body is displaying any of these signs, it can affect your thinking and physical performance.
Your body can also give a sign of feeling hungry, when in fact you may actually be thirsty..
So instead of eating, try drinking a glass of water first, and you can put off eating something for another hour or so, and help with weight loss.
If you consume too much alcohol, this will most definitely decrease the amount of water in your body, which is why you wake up with a dry mouth in the morning. Try and sip water throughout the night as well, and have a couple of big glasses before you go to bed.
When exercising, make sure you always sip enough during your workout. And finish off whatever is left in your bottle at the end of your workout session.
I once knew a girl who would come to the gym and workout for an hour or more, and never once, would she drink water during her workout, she looked tired, her skin looked aged and lined, and her eyes looked sunken and very dark underneath..
It is imperative for your health, and great if you are dieting, as it will help suppress your appetite, reduce body fat, and has zero calories. It will support muscle tone and help increase energy.
In fact, it is actually responsible for helping cure many ailments, it can help with alcohol dependency, chronic fatigue syndrome, high blood pressure, diabetes, headaches, colitis, lower back and neck pain, to name a few. Overall, it helps to keep your immune system healthy.
Eat foods which have a high water content, fruits, vegetables and sprouts, and if you are consuming them regularly your body is getting an abundance of this wonderful liquid. If you consume a lot of low water content foods (processed foods) your body would obviously be functioning at an unhealthy level.
Every morning upon rising, I drink 2 glasses water. Doing this helps in many ways, first the digestive system is getting ready for food, it helps hydrate the body after so many hours of sleep, and rids the body of toxins which have stored up over night, it also improves skin tone.
The recommended amount to drink a day is around 8 glasses.
I usually fill up a litre bottle, so I can keep track of how much I am drinking.
I don’t spend money on bottled water, but I do have a filter at home, there is too much hype for me regarding tap water.
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August 7th, 2009 at
[...] natural cleansing power of water and lemon juice will help you combat Candida. Keeping hydrated is beneficial to anyone, no matter what their state of health is. Water flushes out toxins and helps [...]
June 16th, 2010 at
my mom suffered colitis last year and it was quite an expensive disease.~;.
August 29th, 2010 at
Colitis can be prevented by just drinking lots of fluids and concentrating on high fiber diets”~’
October 10th, 2010 at
colitis is damn right painful when you have it. i am really afraid of this disease.”;
November 10th, 2010 at
Thank you for your comments on the importance of water for younger looking skin.
I had been chronically dehydrated for years without realizing it.
So I started to actually measure how much water I was drinking daily and I was surprised to find out that I was only drinking a few glasses a day.
So I stopped drinking a lot of the other beverages such as tea, coffee, juices, etc., and started drinking just filtered water. I committed to drinking about half my body weight in ounces of water in order to re-hydrate my body.
I started to notice more energy and better digestion. However, when I started drinking alkaline, ionized water, the changes in my health and skin were dramatic!
Even in my fifties, my skin became noticeably softer and clearer. Unfortunately, the wrinkles haven’t disappeared, but the lines have diminished.
I have to say that I have tried numerous facial creams and products but nothing has had more of an effect on my skin than drinking water!
October 15th, 2011 at
My pains went off when i start using water.