Hydration

There are many reasons for reaching and sustaining healthy hydration.

The benefits of being properly hydrated are far-reaching.  Many people are unaware of being dehydrated on most days.   Selecting to drink sugary soft drinks as a form of hydration is one of the worse things we can do for our health.  There are no real benefits in drinking Gatorade, Vitamin Water or any of the other so-called boosts your hydration products.   It’s actually detrimental for your health and much more harmful than you can imagine.  

Proper hydration does wonders for the body when done in the right manner particularly the effects water has on supporting weight loss.  Yes, you got it water is the most favorable drink on the market for appropriate hydration.  There are no side effects and the benefits are astronomical.  First recognize that our bodies are 70 percent water, which means the other 30 percent are organs, tissues, and bones.  The food we consume is converted into nutrients that nourish our total body.  What we do not use is stored or removed from the body as waste.  

Water aids in our ability to wash/cleanse the waste products left behind after foods have been digested.   Not all fluids are the same nor do they have the same cleansing effect as water in the body.  Because we are 70 percent water that percentage must be constantly replenished regularly.  Drinking soft drinks and other sugary substances are not treated as water and do not have the same hydrating effect.  You become dehydrated even though your body is retaining fluid.  This build of unwanted liquid in the body is toxic and harmful to every organ.  Our body begins to struggle to try desperately to absorb water from everything we ingest.  Is it any wonder that you’re putting on weight?  

It is suggested that we drink at least half our body’s weight in ounces of water daily.  This does not include other drinks.   Help yourself to other drinks as long as you have accomplished the desired goal of drinking half your body weight in water.  Truthfully once you have done so you will not be thirsty or hungry for that matter.  Often times we are consuming food unaware that what our body really needs and wants is water.  I found a very interesting article that will help you better understand the process our bodies go through in relation to water and its many benefits.  “Adrienne Vanterpool”

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