Get to know Victoria Sully of Healthy Vix! She’s a wonderful blogger and you can learn a lot from her. Reading just a few of her great articles made me relate to her healthy lifestyle.
Now, I begin by presenting here a part of her interesting article “How much water do we need to drink?” So keep reading and take notes!
“Hydration has been a heavy topic since the late 90s. We’re told that adequate water intake will help us keep off hunger and extra weight and that dehydration could lead to heart and tooth disease- but how do we find the happy medium? ” — Victoria Sully
“The simple answer — Most professionals will agree-drink when you’re thirsty. Our bodies have evolved into these incredibly smart organisms that can alert our brains when we’re dehydrated.” — Victoria Sully
“How active are you? — Active bodies expend a lot more water than passive ones. We lose water in sweat, and we have to replenish that, or we could end up overheated and dehydrated- which is a killer combination. The more you work out, the more fluids you should consume.” — Victoria Sully
“It isn’t controversial to say that water lacks any real flavour. When water does have a natural flavour, it’s usually unpleasant and caused by pipes or the wells the water came from. There’s a running joke that some water tastes straight-up terrible, like Los Angeles residents claim.” — Victoria Sully
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Now, I continue to tell you about the benefits of drinking water. Scroll down to find out more.
What Are The Benefits Of Drinking A Lot Of Water?
You have no doubt heard the drinking water rules. You probably know that you should drink between 8 and 10 glasses of water each day. But what are the benefits of drinking a lot of water?
What is Drinking Water?
Think back to when you were in high school chemistry class. Remember the formula for water? H2O. Two parts of hydrogen and one part of oxygen. Water is supposedly colorless, tasteless, and odorless. Drinking water is essential to all known forms of life, whether they are plant or animal life.
How Does The Human Body Use Drinking Water?
Every cell in the human body requires water. Put them all together, with their load of water, and your body weight is almost two-thirds water. If you weigh 150 pounds (68 kg), about 100 pounds (45 kg) of that is water. You are mostly water, but how does your body use drinking water?
Cells use drinking water as a delivery service. Each cell is separated from its environment by a cell membrane. To do its work, the cell needs to import nutrients and export waste products. Water is the delivery service, bringing in nutrients and taking out the waste. Whether you look at red and white blood cells, muscle cells, or nerve cells, they all need water. Without water, most of your cells would get clogged with waste, and starve to death for lack of nutrients.
Healthy cells, with plenty of drinking water, are kept clean and nourished. Like the clean engine of a brand new automobile, fed a perfect blend of quality gasoline (petrol), healthy cells can do exactly what they were designed to do: keep the human body humming along life’s journey.
Consider just 7 of the many benefits of drinking a lot of water.
1. Brain. Brain cells that have plenty of drinking water are able to circulate fresh, oxygen-laden blood more readily. The brain remains fresh and alert. Even a small drop in drinking water levels can make your brain’s performance level drop as much as 20 to 30 percent!
2. Muscles. Muscle cells with a ready supply of drinking water are able to work longer without tiring. Water delivers a continuous supply of oxygen to muscles. If you are exercising in warm weather, your muscle will need more drinking water every 15 minutes to remain strong.
3. Cooling system. Your body’s temperature is maintained through drinking water. The water regulates body temperature through sweat. To maintain a normal temperature of 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit on hot days, or when exercising, the body sweats. Sweat cools the body, but sweat uses up water. We must have a lot of drinking water to replenish the supply.
4. Nerves. Nerve cells transmit messages to and from the brain. To do this, they must use electrolytes. Drinking water is an important way to maintain electrolytes at the proper level so that the nerves can do their work.
5. Stomach and Intestinal Tract. Our bodies use drinking water to digest food in the gastrointestinal tract. Insufficient drinking water will slow the process, resulting in constipation and other medical concerns.
6. Eye and Mouth Protection. Water keeps your eyes and mouth moist. It washes dirt and dust away from your eyes.
7. Joints. Drinking water is like oiling your body’s joints. Water lubricates the joints, keeping them flexible, and ensuring smooth motion.
One of the most important benefits of drinking a lot of water is the benefit realized in the kidneys. Urine, which is almost entirely water, removes waste products from the body. As it does so, it leaves your body. Your body must replace that water. Get too little drinking water and toxic levels of waste build-up. Then the body becomes ill.
What are the benefits of drinking a lot of water? Health, energy, and life.
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