How Much Water Are You Drinking?
Adequate Water Intake - How Much Water Are You Drinking?
Did you know that you can increase good health by making
sure that you get enough water? Yes plain water that has
been purified in some way. The water most of us get from the
tap is full of chemicals that is bad for our health.. Do
not drink tap water, unless you have your own well, which
you know is not contaminated.
Water is essential for a healthy body. Water regulates body
temperature, lubricates joints, keeps skin youthful and
muscles strong.
Water is present in every cell and tissue and involved in so
many biological functions digestion, absorption,
circulation and excretion. It helps us with keeping our
hormones balanced and our brain chemistry Relies on water
for proper balance. Water gives us energy and strengthens
the immune system.
Most people do not drink enough water and are semi
dehydrated. Your body cannot work at optimum level without
the water it needs.
What happens when you don't drink enough water?
I won't go into all the details, but do want to mention a
few things here. All the things mentioned above that water
helps keep in balance and lubricated are affected when you
don't drink water. You will not feel as well as you possibly
could, your body does not have what it needs for good health
and so your health declines.
Here is one example of what I mean: When you do not get
enough water throughout the day, your body just does not
have the needed fluid and sometimes tries to pull it from
where it can and distribute it to the places that need
hydration the most. One place that water is pulled from is
your digestive system. When you do not drink enough water it
leads to constipation.
As we all know, constipation is not a good thing. Besides
the uncomfortable, sick feeling there are other things going
on. Transit time slows down and some of the toxins and
poisons dumped into the digestive system begin to
recirculate.
As these toxins build up they store in your tissues causing
ill health. Kidneys separate water from the waste in the
blood so there is a strain put on them when toxicity
levels increase. Along with that the Liver then has quite a
bit more to do, trying to detoxify the system as a whole.
Water is the most important thing you can drink for good
health. With this being the case, I suggest that you drink
one quart of water for every 50 pounds of weight. So if you
weighed 150 pounds, you would need to drink 3 quarts of
water.
I also find it best if a person will actually measure the
needed water out, into a container each day. Other wise
most people lose track of how much they did drink. So they
usually do not drink enough water for the day.
Why not put this information to use today? No matter where
your health is at this point, drinking the required amount
of water will aid you in reaching better health and maintaining
it.
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Article written by Jeannie Crabtree C.Ac. Jeannie
publishes Healthy Solutions newsletter. She shares
Nutrition tips and Research.You can subscribe to
Healthy Solutions by going to http://www.health-doc.com
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