Friday 19 August 2011

Reasons To Drink Water


We all know that water is very useful, but often we do not quite understand why. And even if we know what we need to drink water, it’s not a habit.
But there are several good reasons to drink plenty of water daily, and to develop the habit is easy, if a little focus.
The fact is that often we do not pay attention to it. End up what we drink coffee, many sodas, alcohol, not to mention fruit juices, teas and milk, and many other options. Either we eat enough fluid and your body is dehydrated, that is bad for our health.
I developed a habit of drinking water every day, although I must confess that a couple of years ago, I saw everything, but not water. Now I do not drink anything but water, except for a cup of coffee in the morning and occasionally beer at lunch. And I like it.
Here are nine majorreasons to drink water (and tips on how to develop the habit later):
1. Weight Loss
Water – it’s one of the best ways to lose weight, primarily because it replaces the high-calorie drinks like soda, juice and alcohol, drinking, in which not a single calorie. In addition, water well suppresses the appetite, because often when we think we are hungry, in fact, we just want to drink. In water, no fat, calories, carbohydrates and sugar. To help you lose weight, drink a lot.


2. Heart Health
If you drink enough water, you can reduce the risk of heart attack. Six-year study, published on May 2002 in American Journal of Epidemiology, found that those who drank more than five glasses of water a day, the probability of dying from a heart attack during the study period, 41% less than those who drank less two glasses.
3. Courage
Dehydration robs you of vitality and makes you tired – even slight dehydration, no more than 1-2% of your body weight. If you feel thirsty, it means that your body is already dehydrated. This can lead to fatigue, muscle weakness, dizziness and other symptoms.
4. Medicine for headache
Another symptom of dehydration – is a headache. In fact, often when we have a headache, we just drink enough water. Of course, there are many other causes of headaches, but dehydration – this is one of the most common.
5. Healthy Skin
Drinking water can cleanse your skin, and people who drink the water, just glowing health. This does not happen overnight, but only one week of use the right amount of water is well affect your skin.
6. Digestive problems
In order to properly digest food, our digestive system needs a sufficient amount of liquid. Often, the water helps to solve problems with stomach acidity, and in combination with fiber helps with constipation (which is usually the result of dehydration).
7. Purification
Our body uses water to remove toxins from the body.
8. Risk of cancer
With regard to the above topics the digestive system, it was discovered that eating a healthy amount of water reduces the risk of colon cancer by 45% and bladder cancer – by 50%. Besides possibly reducing breast cancer risk.
9. Effective training
Dehydration can greatly interfere with sports, slow and complicate the lifting weights. Coaching requires additional water, so restock body fluids before, during and after exercise.
How to develop the habit of drinking water
So, are you sure that water is helpful, but would like to learn more about how to develop the habit of drinking water every day.
Here are some tips that helped me:
How much water?
This is a controversial issue. One thing is clear: the old recommendation of “eight glasses a day” is not appropriate for several reasons: the number includes all fluid consumption – food and beverage consisting of water. Also, do not take into account a person’s weight, although this is an important factor for calculating the amount of water.
Also, the amount of water changes when you are sick or exercising. Wrong to drink only when you feel thirsty – by the time you are already dehydrated.
The best thing – work out regime: drink a glass of water as soon as you wake up, a glass with every meal, a glass between meals, and be sure to drink before, during and after workouts. Try to drink at all so, so do not feel thirsty.
Carry a bottle
For many, has proved useful to carry around everywhere large plastic bottle of water. I like to keep on the table a glass of water I drink from it all day. When the water in the glass over, I fill it up again and continue to drink.
Set a reminder
Adjust the clock, so that they signaled the beginning of each hour, or set a regular reminder on your computer. Thus, you do not forget to drink water.

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