Proper hydration promotes your healing and requires your attention every day. Muscular and spinal and joint pain, leg cramps and general malaise may be an imbalance of fluids and electrolytes. Drink water as soon as the discomfort begins.
Dehydration is a particular problem among the elderly, in part because the thirst mechanism becomes less efficient as we age. Medications, vitamins and supplements, forced-air heat from furnaces and automobiles, protein and salt consumption, exercise outdoors, diuretics, alcohol or caffeine may raise your demands for water. Yellow urine, dry feet or elbows, exercise and massage are reasons to ingest water deliberately
The body loses water in perspiration, exhaled moisture, and bowel movements. As a rule, drink eight 8-ounce glasses of water daily. Fruits and vegetables, juices, milk and soups, are generally as good as water.
Inadequate water intake causes hunger pangs, and daytime fatigue. 8-10 glasses of water a day may ease back and joint pain for up to 80% of sufferers. A mere 2% drop in body water content reduces short-term memory, math skills, and mental focus.
Drinking water at a certain time maximizes its effectiveness on the body:
5 glasses of water daily decreases the risk of cancer: colon (45%), breast (79%), and bladder (50%)
2 glasses of water after waking up – helps activate internal organs
1 glass of water 30 minutes before a meal – helps digestion
1 glass of water before taking a bath – helps lower blood pressure
1 glass of water before going to bed – avoids stroke or heart attack
Water at bed time helps prevent night time leg cramps. Your leg muscles are seeking hydration.
Healthful self-hydration is very important to a fit lifestyle. Many times our patients suffer from muscular and spinal and joint pain, leg cramps and general malaise that could be an imbalance of fluids and electrolytes. We suggest drinking 2 glasses of water as soon as the discomfort begins.
One should consume 1/2 oz. of pure water per pound of your body weight daily (200 lbs= 100 oz. each day) and at a slow but steady sipping pace of about 3-5 oz per half hour for optimal liver and kidney clearance. Proper hydration is essential to your healing and your health each and every day.
People taking medications or even vitamins may have a unique need to add water to their diet. Exercise and forced-air heat like furnaces and car heaters dry you out as well. Many bottled drinks are in fact, less effective than plain old water. If your urine is yellow, or your feet are dry, add 2 glasses of water to your normal routine. Drink extra water on days you exercise, have massage, or require the heater in your house or car. Stop the pain. Don’t get dehydrated!
Any change in diet, particularly an increase in protein or salt consumption. or an increase in exercise or outdoor temperature may raise your fluid needs. Certain drugs, notably diuretics, will increase water loss, as will alcohol or caffeine. Dehydration is a particular problem among the elderly, in part because the thirst mechanism becomes less efficient as we age.
Normally thirst is the best sign that you need more fluids. But if you’re exercising or working strenuously in the heat, you can lose a quart of water an hour. Don not wait until you’re thirsty: drink before, during and after your workout. If you fail to do this and need to replenish the water you’ve lost, weigh yourself after your workout, and drink a pint of fluid for each pound you’ve lost.
One glass of water shuts down midnight hunger pangs for almost 100% of the dieters studied in a University study.
Lack of water is the #1 trigger of daytime fatigue.
Preliminary research indicates that 8-10 glasses of water a day could significantly ease back and joint pain for up to 80% of sufferers.
A mere 2% drop in body water can trigger fuzzy short-term memory, trouble with basic math, and difficulty focusing on the computer screen or
Drinking 5 glasses of water daily decreases the risk of colon cancer by 45%, plus it can slash the risk of breast cancer by 79%, and one is 50% less likely to develop bladder cancer.
Drinking one glass of water before going to bed avoids stroke or heart attack.
why people need to urinate so much at night time.
Gravity holds water in the lower part of your body when you are upright (legs swell).
When you lie down, the lower body is level with the kidneys, which remove the water then because it is easier.
Are you drinking the amount of water you should every day?