Is WATER the missing ingredient in your recipe for health?
Drinking enough water is vital to your health. Just by adding this vital ingredient you gain tremendous health benefits.
The human body is anywhere from 55%-78% water depending on body size. A rule of thumb, 2/3 of your body consists of water, so it’s the main component!
Water Body Breakdown
Muscle 75%
Brain 90%
Bone 22%
Blood 83%
Water is involved in so many vital functions in the human body;
Transports nutrients and oxygen into your cells
Moisturises air in the lungs
Aids metabolism
Protects Vital Organs
Helps organs to absorb nutrients
Regulates body temperature
Detoxifies
Protects and moisturises our joints
Every single cell in your body needs water
That’s why it’s so important to drink enough fluid. Without water your body cannot function well, from headaches to muscle cramps the list of symptoms is endless. Ignoring your body’s requests for water eventually you become completely tuned out to your dehydration and almost never feel thirsty.
If you are chronically dehydrated your skin looks wrinkled, you may have high cholesterol, be overweight, have migraines, headaches, be constipated, have muscle cramps, irregular blood pressure and kidney problems. Here are just some of the great things a good dose of water can help;
Drinking more water raises your metabolism because it helps with digestion. Fibre and water go hand in hand so that you maintain a daily bowel movement keeping your gut cleaned out and ready to absorb nutrients from food.
More water means better skin. Hydration results in plumped up, younger looking skin. Water increases skin clarity, elasticity and moisture.
Increased hydration decreases muscle and joint inflammation by keeping your joints lubricated you’ll be less likely to cramps and sprains, joint aches and pains.
More water improves your circulation, cold hands and feet might just improve with more water!
Maintaining a healthy body weight is easier when you drink more water, not only does it flush the by-products of fat breakdown. Drinking water reduces hunger by filling you up and suppressing your appetite and with zero calories it’s a winner for weight loss.
Water is a natural remedy for Headaches and Migraine and in turn can impact on your ability to concentrate and remain alert. Your brain is mostly water so a dehydrated brain feels exactly the way you would expect, like a shrivelled up prune! No wonder the beast remedy for many headaches is a glass of water.
Hydration can also impact joint pain from wrists to knees joint pain is certainly exacerbated by dehydration. When your joints are dried out your ability to move them pain-free is significantly reduced because the moisture content of the joint tissues and the synovial fluid is reduced thereby reducing the lubrication of the joints.
Drinking water regulates your body temperature and helps fuel your muscles so you’ll feel more energetic and better able to exercise.
Drinking plenty of water helps boost immunity and ward off flu, kidney stones, heart attacks and reduces your risk of bladder and colon cancer just to name a few. Add lemon to help respiratory disease, intestinal problems and joint pain.
Relieve fatigue, improve your mood, move better, look better and feel better , what more could you want!
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