Never ever keep yourself dehydrated because no matter how hard you’ve worked to reach your goal such as to clear up the zits on your face, to slim down or want to make your hair grow longer and healthier, if you’re unable to keep yourself hydrated, none of the methods will work effectively. Drinking sufficient amount of plain water is the golden rule of keeping yourself healthy.
“Why should I drink water?'”
Our body weight contain 60-70% of water and our body need water to function properly such as it help with metabolism, burn calories and other part of body. Our body unable to function properly if we’re lack of water as it will cause fat deposits, bloating, constipation and etc (Chuey 2011). According to Wan (2011), “It’s the best natural source for instant hydration. The skin rehydrates to flush out unwanted toxins in your body and keeps your skin’s moisture balance intact especially when you’re out in the sun or in an air-conditioned room”. I keep myself hydrated the whole day and I’ve noticed my skin problem recovering right now and I feel healthier as well. Therefore, it is important to keep yourself hydrated the whole day by drinking plain water.
“How much water should I consume daily?”
Our body fluid will loss through breathing, sweating and body. Therefore, it is recommended to drink at least 8 cups/ 2 litre of plain water daily (Chuey 2011). It is also recommended that to drink water based on our calories intake as everyone intake are varies (Greenleigh 2011). Don’t wait until you’re thirsty to drink. It is better to keep yourself hydrated whole day. As for myself, apart from drinking 2 litre of plain water daily, I also drink plain water before and after meals around 2 – 3 cups, 12 oz of plain water after workout, 10oz of plain water after consuming caffeine and few cups of plain water after taking salty and sweet foods to replenish and to flush out the unwanted toxin in my body. Remember, drinks such as soda, sweet, caffeinated not alcohol beverages doesn’t count in the recommended 8 cups of fluids we should take daily.
“How to know if I am shortage of fluids in my body?”
Some would answer this: ‘When you’re thirsty meaning you’re lack of water at that moment’. Our brain take time to know when we’re thirsty and by the time we feel thirsty, maybe we’re already thirsty 30 minutes or more before our brain to recognise it. To know whether our body has enough fluids, we can tell it by the colour of our urine. When we produce lesser than 6 - 6 1/2 cups of urine and the colour of urine is a strong yellow, meaning our body is lack of water (Nelson 2011).
“How to know if I have enough water in my body?”
Firstly, you won’t feel too thirsty the whole day as you keep yourself hydrated. Secondly, you produce approximately 6 – 6 1/2 cups of urine with slightly yellow urine (Nelson 2011). Some people claim our urine should be clear which indicated we have enough fluid in our body but actually its wrong. The colour of our urine should be slightly yellow colour and not clear.
“The taste of plain water is boring. I don’t like it!”
Drinking plain water only can be boring sometime. If you’re the type of person who is hard to drink plain water, try to put a few drops of lemon or lime juice into plain water to give a little bit of taste. There are few recipe to make your drink interesting which you can obtain it here: http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-04-13/health/29413402_1_black-tea-water-cucumber
“What is your advice?”
Make sure you fill up 2 litre of plain water in your water bottle and make sure you manage to finish it. These 2 litre of plain water doesn’t count as the water that you need to bring to the gym or workout at home. Fill up another water bottle approximately 1 litre for you to bring to the gym or do workout at home. However, the amount of water that you need to drink is depending on the intensity of your workout. Don’t forget to bring a bottle of plain water with you around to keep yourself hydrated. You will notice the different once you give your body enough fluids.
References:
Chuey, P. (2011, April 11). Water has vital role. The Vancouver Sun.
Greenleigh, A. (2011, April 2011). How much water should you be drinking? The Salt Lake Tribune.
Nelson, J. (2011, April 13). Eat, drink, pee: Basic life functions we screw up. MSNBC.COM.
Wan, S. (2011, April 15). Top 10 Face Food. MSN Life & Style. http://lifestyle.malaysia.msn.com/
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