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The Health Benefits of Drinking WaterBy Janice Eastmond Published April 16, 2007 www.lifescript.com/diet-fitness/articles.aspx
Water is a simple and essential element for your body. Did you know that drinking enough water benefits your health? The body is made up of between 55 and 75 percent water. Muscle retains more water than fat, therefore, the leaner the body, the higher the percentage of water. Water is essential to regulate body temperature, provide lubrication for joints, help blood flow, regulate blood pressure, keep body systems functioning properly and keep skin elastic. |
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Nearly every cell in our body requires water for proper function. Water is also necessary for digestion and the removal of toxins. Water keeps the liver and kidneys functioning well. Inadequate hydration can also cause sluggishness and headache due to a decreased flow of blood to the brain.
If you are trying to lose weight, water is useful to help you feel fuller, metabolize stored fat, and prevent water retention. Although preventing water retention by drinking more does not seem to make sense, it is actually true. When you do not drink enough water, your body goes into 'survival mode', retaining water to stay off dehydration. This causes water weight gain, as well as health problems.
Most people who do not drink enough water on a daily basis have a diminished ability to feel thirst. By the time thirst is felt, the body is already dehydrated. Once you begin drinking water daily, you will notice feeling thirst more often. The body requires at least six to eight, 8 ounce glasses of water a day. A good formula to know how much water is needed is to divide your weight in half, and figure that number in ounces of water. For example, for someone who weighs 140 pounds, 70 ounces of water would be required daily.
11 Ways Dehydration Is Making You Fat, Sick, And Tired
Written by Stephen
On the day we’re born, 73% of our body weight is water. People who are sick and overweight often are as little as 45% water by weight. An average, healthy adult male is about 65% water. Women are slightly more. Do you see the problem? Some studies have pointed to 3 in 4 Americans as being chronically dehydrated. It makes sense that obesity and poor health impacts approximately the same percentage of people.
What is it exactly that we can expect from chronic dehydration? Not drinking enough water results in skin disease, poor digestive performance, kidney diseases, and even chronic fatigue and headache. You may think that it’s just water, but this is absolutely no joke.
Doing things like drinking 16 ounces of water first thing in the morning (not chugging, but drinking) helps normalize blood pressure and get our internal organs working properly. My rule of thumb is always to drink an ounce of water for every pound of body weight you have. Of course, do not chug 150 ounces of water. You lose water all day through urination, bowel movements, and breathing. So you need to spend all day replenishing that water. Ending your chronic dehydration will do wonders for your overall health. Trust me, you’ll feel like a million bucks.
