Looks like today is about water. Lol. No doubt water is very important. In my other posts we talked about Taking too much water, been too thirsty and now its about "Not taking it at all".
If you're not taking water well enough or even at all, you could end up with excess
body fat, poor muscle tone, digestive
complications, muscle soreness, even water,
retention problems.
Next to air, water is the element most
necessary for survival. A normal adult is to take 60 to
70 percent water. We can go without food for
almost two months, but without water only a
few days. The effect shouldn't be predicted. Yet most people have no idea how
much water they should drink. In fact, many
live in a dehydrated state.
Without water, we'd be poisoned to death by
our own waste products. When the kidneys
remove uric acid and urea, these must be
dissolved in water. If there isn't enough water,
wastes are not removed as effectively and may
build up as kidney stones. Water also is vital
for chemical reactions in digestion and
metabolism. It carries nutrients and oxygen to
the cells through the blood and helps to cool
the body through perspiration. Water also
lubricates our joints.
We even need water to breathe: our lungs
must be moist to take in oxygen and excrete
carbon dioxide. It is possible to lose a pint of
liquid each day just exhaling.
So if you don't drink sufficient water, you can
impair every aspect of your physiology.
The reknown Dr.
Howard Flaks, a bariatric (obesity) specialist
in Beverly Hills, Calif, says,
"By not drinking
enough water, many people incur excess body
fat, poor muscle tone and size, decreased
digestive efficiency and organ function,
increased toxicity in the body, joint and
muscle soreness and water retention."
Water retention? If you're not drinking enough,
your body may retain water to compensate.
Paradoxically, fluid retention can sometimes be eliminated by drinking more water, not less.
"Proper water intake is a key to weight loss,"
says Dr. Donald Robertson, medical director of
the Southwest Bariatric Nutrition Center in
Scottsdale, Arizona. "If people who are trying
to lose weight don't drink enough water, the
body can't metabolize the fat adequately.
Retaining fluid also keeps weight up."
The minimum for a healthy person is eight to
ten eight-ounce glasses a day," says Dr.
Flaks. "You need more if you exercise a lot or
live in a hot climate. And overweight people
should drink in an extra glass for every 25
pounds they exceed their ideal weight. Consult
your own physician for their
recommendations.
At the International Sports Medicine Institute,
we have a formula for daily water intake: 1/2
ounce per pound of body weight if you're not
active (that's ten eight-ounce glasses if you
weigh 160 pounds), and 2/3 ounce per pound
if you're athletic (13 to 14 glasses a day, at
the same weight).
Your intake should be spread throughout the
day and evening. You may wonder: If I drink
this much, won't I constantly be running to the
bathroom? Yes. But after a few weeks, your
bladder tends to adjust and you urinate less
frequently but in larger amounts.
And by consuming those eight to ten glasses
of water throughout the day, you could be on
your way to a healthier, leaner body.
Calculating Your Own Daily Water
Requirements
By Dr. Thomas Stearns Lee
The human body is composed of 25% solids
and 75% water. Brain tissue is said to consist
of 85% water.
It has become a practice to regard a "dry
mouth" as a signal of body water needs, which
is further assumed to be well-regulated if the
sensation of "dry mouth" is not present. A dry
mouth is the last outward sign of extreme
dehydration, however. Damage occurs to the
body at a persistent lower level of hydration.
Because of a gradually failing thirst sensation,
the body becomes chronically and increasingly
dehydrated.
Signals of dehydration can be any of the
following symptoms:
Heartburn, stomach ache
Non-infectious recurring or chronic pain
Low back pain
Headache
Mental irritation and depression
Water retention ( ironic but true! )
Further problems often develop when the
sensation of thirst urges an intake of water,
and instead, soda pop, coffee, or alcohol-
containing beverages are taken to quench the
thirst. While these beverages contain water,
they are actually dehydrating fluids. Not only
do they eliminate the water contained in them,
but they also cause you to lose further
amounts of water from your body's reserves!
Daily Water Requirements: Drink 50-75% of
your body weight in ounces. Sedentary people:
50%; Active people: 75%"
so now again. taking less water is also not so good our healtg? since most of tissues in our body contains water. but however do not let us neglect the fact that water when too much can be
Dangerous and harnful.
People have died from it. so please my friends here in
TH
B. lets apply moderacy to whatever we do
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