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Water – A Drink To Your Health
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Water Is The Most Neglected Nutrient In Your Diet But One Of The Most Vital – Kelly Barton
There is always room for improvement, you know – it’s the biggest room in the house – Louise Liber.
Top 8 Life Hacks aims to improve different life areas such as – health, finance, relationships and self.
Life Hack #1 : Drink Adequate Quantity Of Water (Health)
How do you know when to drink water?
If you answered when you get thirsty, you couldn’t be more wrong. If you are thirsty, you are already dehydrated. To ensure that you don’t get dehydrated, you should keep drinking water at regular intervals.
Why Drink Water
Water is known as a true miracle worker. Benefits of drinking adequate amount of water are -
- For Body
- De-toxifies your body
- Relieves constipation
- Helps maintain blood pressure
- Reduces chances of getting kidney stones
- For Productivity
- Improves mental and physical performance
- Boosts your energy levels
- Relieves some headaches
- Releases stress
- For Weight Loss
- Prevents water retention
- Increases your metabolism rate
- Decreases fat deposits
- Is a natural appetite suppressant
- For Beauty
- Improves skin
- Has anti-aging qualities
- Help reduce zits/pimples on face
- Makes your skin clean and clear
How Much Water Do You Need
- 8*8 Rule
- As per the 8*8 you should drink eight 8-ounce glasses of water everyday – that’s 2 quarts – 1.8 liters.
- Calculate By Weight
- Divide your weight (in pounds) by 2 to get number of ounces you need to drink everyday. Or divide your weight (in kg) by 30 to get number of liters your need to drink everyday.
- Other Factors
- There are other factors to consider as well – exercise, environment, consumption of dehydrating drinks, illness like flu, vomit or diarrhea etc. If you are losing water in any of above mentioned ways, then you should be having more water to match water lost. There are certain illness types for which reducing water consumption is required. It’s best to go by what doctor says when ill.
How To Drink Adequate Water
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Tips On How To Drink More Water -
- Keep water within reach – “always”
- Set up fixed time to drink water using reminders
- Discard or make difficult to access all options you use in place of water when thirsty – soda, candy, beverages etc
- Keep track of how much water you drink
- Drink water first thing in the morning
- Get into a habit of drinking water – in the morning, on reaching office, before leaving house etc
- Eat water rich foods
- Add a dash of lemon or honey for flavor
- Drink a full glass always (rather than taking sips)
Do you drink enough water? How do you ensure you meet your daily water needs? Share in comments.
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Great tip. I am somewhat of a soda addict. Thankfully I am slowly weaning off of it. I treat myself to two diet sodas per day. For the rest of the day, I always keep a full glass of water within reach, not matter where I am. I found this to be most effective because I drink as a matter of habit instead of thirst already, so the glass might as well be filled with something good for me.
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Okay, I’m finally sold on it, although I always assume it is over-rated. I’ll try to step it up. (Even tho I already pee too much.)
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I’m pretty good about drinking water. I may not get all 8 glassess in, but pretty close anyway. One thing I do is always carry around a bottle of water in my trunk in case I get thirsty.
We’re not carbonated beverage drinkers, so it’s usually water, milk, a little juice and a little coffee in the morning. I don’t even really like carbonated drinks any more.
I learned in biology class that most people walk around in a dehydrated state all the time.
Oh, and my roomate in college starting drinking a lot of water and her acne went away. It flushed the toxins out.
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Hi Avani: I work out very hard at the gym so I need to drink more water than most people. I always try to have my water bottle nearby. It’s amazing how many people neglect to do something so simple that has all of the incredible benefits that you point out here.
Very nice! Thank you!
I was just talking to a friend yesterday about drinking water – and then to find your post one day later…I think someone is trying to tell me something…
My goal is to drink 10 glasses of water per day. I have a pitcher on my desk that holds 5 glasses when full so I have to drink two full pitchers everyday. Of course, I just started this yesterday… hopefully I can see the benefits soon!
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Very useful!
I learned it hard way though. I had my first stone experience this year. I had surgery to remove 3mm stone from my right kidney.
My doctor prescribed lots of water. Ever since, I remember the feeling of horrendous pain as a reminder to drink plenty of water every day.
I drink a glass of water every hour.
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I used to drink a bunch of soda, and not very much water. That, along with other poor health habits and a lack of exercise – led to some poor health issues.
Then, I made a switch a few years ago – now I rarely drink soda – and water is my main drink, along with milk, coffee, and tea. Still, water is tops on the list – and I really believe it is one of the major reasons I’ve gotten back into much better health. My life has turned around 180 degrees since I made these switches – and water was a very key ingredient in the whole process.
Excellent information Avani!
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It’s very interesting that such a simple thing can have great effect on your body. And here we are trying out pills just to make us healthier
Nicely done Avani
I usually drink more than 3l of water each day. Mainly because I am doing Bikram yoga 3-4 times a week and loose a lot of fluids this way. Apart from just drinking water I find it important for me to have electrolytes and magnesium.
I am staying away from fizzy drinks, I find they make you more thirsty anyway.
I don’t take fizzy drinks. I very much prefer water. I have a cup or two of coffee every day as well. But water is really my main liquid diet.
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Simple, obvious tips are the ones which reveal themselves to be great, once you actually put them to good use.
Counting pure water and teas I drink quite a lot, which sometimes worried me a bit (you know diabetes and that stuff). So I asked, and yes you can be an addict to water. Not that I am, but apparently it can happen. So just be careful