Simple, yet still the most effective thing you can do to improve your health.Pure drinking water is a fundamental part of good health. It ranks second to oxygen as essential for life. 70% of your body is made up of water. A person can survive for thirty days without food but no more than three days without drinking water.
You should drink at least 2 litres of water a day and more if you are exercising. If you feeling tired and sluggish all the time this could mean you are dehydrated. When was the last time you were at that tap and not for beer, but for water? If you don't have enough water moving food through your body, your body will signal to you that you are hungry. These signals are known as false hunger pains.
Stay away from alcohol, because alcohol dehydrates you. Remember the last time you had a hangover and you were feeling sluggish and headachy weren't you craving a big glass of water?
Water is also one of the keys to losing weight. The most effective way to lose weight is to drink more water. Water is the 'magic pill'. You also obviously need to eat sensibly, cutting down on calories and eliminating fats. Water will also help lubricate your joints, allowing you to enjoy exercise more freely and in turn burn more calories.
Health benefits of drinking water:
• regulate appetite
• increase metabolism
• boost energy levels
• release toxic waste products
• ease joint pain
• improves skin
• less water retention
• alleviate some headaches
• help reduce blood pressure
• help reduce high cholesterol
• less chance developing kidney stones
When you feel thirsty, you are already dehydrated. Avoid this situation by drinking water consistently. Water is nature's slimming tonic - and the best thing is that its calorie free, so drink up!
source:healthme.com.au
