Water: The Elixir of Life

Water is so important. 

You hear it all the time:  Drink MORE Water!!  Stay Hydrated!!  Especially in the summer months, but all year round too.  In the summer months when it is hotter outside, your body sweats, thus losing the treasured substance that keeps it going.  Why is water so important?

Well, for starters, your body is made up of mostly water.  If it loses some of it, the body needs it back. 

In addition to that, listed below are NINE benefits to drinking water.  I hope something catches your eye and makes you DRINK MORE WATER!!!  After you are done reading through the NINE benefits to drinking water regularly, I have a challenge for you.  Stay tuned.

1.  Water helps you lose weight.  Water keeps flushing out the bad stuff that is in your body.  Water also helps to reduce hunger because you fill your tummy up with water and you don't want to put anything else in there.

2.  Water is a natural remedy for headaches.  I've experienced this one in a HUGE way.  I get headaches a LOT.  I finally figured out it was because I wasn't drinking enough water.  I started drinking more and my headaches started to be around less frequently.  I won't say it's a cure all because it isn't.  It just HELPS in a REALLY BIG WAY.

3.  Water helps keep your skin refreshed and looking younger.  Water keeps the skin moist and fresh looking.

4.  Water keeps you more productive.  Your brain is made up of mostly water.  Thus, by replenishing what is lost throughout the day, you keep your brain refreshed and hydrated. 

5.  Water helps improve workout sessions.  Who couldn't use a little help during a workout????  Water keeps you refreshed while you sweat the calories away. 

6.  Water keeps you regular, if you know what I mean.  :-)  Your digestive health will be improved just by drinking water.  Like with Reason #1, water keeps things moving through your system.

7.  Water helps keep you healthy.  Drinking water helps keep away those kidney stones and the flu and other ailments that might come up.  Just like with headaches, it's not a cure all, but it certainly helps. 

8.  Water relieves fatigue.  Just like with #5 and your workout sessions, water helps get you through the day with more energy.  Toxins also weigh you down and water flushes those nasty things out.

9.  Water helps your body feel good!!  Your mood will improve because your body feels better.

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Want to know if you're drinking enough water?  Your body will tell you!!!!  Here are several symptoms of dehydration.

• Tiredness
• Constipation
• Migraine/ Headache
• Muscle Cramps
• Darker urine
• Fatigue
• Thirst
• Hunger

So, if you're feeling any of the above symptoms DRINK WATER!!!!  It might help you feel much better.

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WATER CHALLENGE:

Basically, here's the challenge.  DRINK MORE WATER!!!!!

If you are like me, you are awake for approximately 16 hours a day.  If so, and if you drink 8 oz of water PER HOUR, you will drink ONE GALLON of water in an entire day.  Can you imagine the effects you will feel? You will feel so much better.

So, the challenge will be:

DRINK ONE GALLON OF WATER PER DAY FOR SEVEN DAYS

Can you do it?

****PLEASE NOTE: The content in this blog is from my own research. I am not a doctor nor a dietitian.