Drinking enough water

by Roman Soluk on May 31, 2010

Woman drinking water image

Water is the essential part of our body and of our world in general. Besides, water is the easiest solution when you are thirsty. But, when drinking it you should pay attention to the composition of water. Don’t drink water with a big quantity of mineral salts too often. This may lead to the imbalance of mineral substances in your body. Usually this water is used for medicinal purposes.

What should you remember?

- Drink the first glass of water immediately after a sleep.
- Always drink when you are thirsty.
- Drink a glass of water 30 minutes before and after meals.
- Avoid drinking carbonated water.
- Drink water before, during and after physical exercises.
- You can not replace water with juices, milk or broth. But teas (herbal, fruit, green) will be excellent.

Water and health

For the normal functioning of your kidneys you should drink enough water. When your body lacks water, you begin to feel more hungry. But in fact, the body just needs enough water. Do not confuse hunger and thirst.

Headaches and dizziness may be the first symptoms of dehydration. Dehydration can increase your body temperature, can affect the work of muscles, coordination and even increase the risk of stroke.

When it’s hot, we sweat heavily and because of it we lose quite a lot of fluid, and it is necessary to restore these losses.

How much should you drink?

You constantly lose fluid because of breathing, sweating, other internal physiological needs of your body. That’s why you should drink at least 8 glasses of water a day.

Can you drink too much fluid?

In fact, yes! But can you drink 80 glasses of water a day? Besides, you can drink too much water if you have some serious kidney or heart diseases. In that case you should consult a doctor.



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Colleen June 1, 2010 at 2:19 PM

What is huge! Keeping organs flushed is critical to daily health. As good as one tries to eat nowadays, there are still a fair amount of toxins that are digested and hydration is the key to keeping those things flushed from our system.

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SmartLipo June 21, 2010 at 1:02 PM

We should always take care of our health why we still enjoy it because some people can no longer enjoy drinking water as much as they want because of certain conditions.

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